1 Kings 18:6:31 Kgs.18.6.W3TAB
אֶת־הָאָ֖רֶץ
ethaarets
“{direct object} the land”
- Transliteration
- et-ha-A-rets
- Extended
- eht-haa-AAH-rehts
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.haːˈʔaːrɛts/
Meaning by language
- English
- {direct object} the land
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tsade Sofit | final form of Tsade — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
et-ha-A-rets
- clause
va-ye-KHA-le-KU la-HEM et-ha-A-rets la-a-VAR-ba
- sentence
va-ye-KHA-le-KU la-HEM et-ha-A-rets la-a-VAR-ba akh-AV ha-LAKH be-DE-rekh e-KHAD le-vad-DO ve-o-vad-YA-hu ha-LAKH be-DE-rekh-e-KHAD le-vad-DO
Exegesis
The dative lāhēm {לָהֶ֛ם | lāhēm} ‘to them’ functions idiomatically to express distribution “among themselves,” followed by ʾet-hāʾāreṣ {אֶת־הָאָ֖רֶץ | ʾet-hāʾāreṣ} marking the definite object “the land.”
In context — 1 Kings 18:6
So they divided the land among themselves to pass through it; Ahab went by one way by himself , and Obadiah went by another way by himself.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:6:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Kings 18:6, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הָאָ֖רֶץ (ethaarets) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Kgs.18.6.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.6.W3.S1) and character.