1 Samuel 13:19:51 Sam.13.19.W5TAB
אֶ֣רֶץ
erets
“land”
- Transliteration
- E-rets
- Extended
- EH-rehts
- IPA
- /ˈʔɛ.rɛts/
Meaning by language
- English
- land
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
E-rets
- phraseyour reading level
E-rets yis-ra-EL
- clause
ve-kha-RASH LO yim-ma-TSE be-KHOL E-rets yis-ra-EL
- sentence
ve-kha-RASH LO yim-ma-TSE be-KHOL E-rets yis-ra-EL KI-a-MAR am-re-VU fe-lish-TIM PEN ya-a-SU ha-iv-RIM KHE-rev O kha-NIT
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase bə-ḵōl ’e-reṣ yis-ra-ʼēl {בְּכֹ֖ל אֶ֣רֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל | bə-ḵōl ’e-reṣ yi-sra-ʼēl} ‘in all the land of Israel’ expresses total absence.
Root and etymology
ʾ-r-ṣaleph–resh–tsade
“land”
In context — 1 Samuel 13:19
And no craftsman could be found in all the land of Israel, because the Philistines said, “Lest the Hebrews make a sword or a spear.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 13:19:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Samuel 13:19, so the Hebrew word אֶ֣רֶץ (erets) 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 Sam.13.19.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.13.19.W5.S1) and character.