2 Chronicles 17:2:72 Chr.17.2.W7TAB

בְּאֶ֣רֶץ

beerets

in the land of

Transliteration
be-E-rets
Extended
beh-EH-rehts
IPA
/bəˈʔɛrɛts/

Meaning by language

English
in the land of

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
בְּ + אֶ֣ + רֶץ
be + e + rets
beerets

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Tsade Sofitfinal form of Tsade — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    be-E-rets

  2. phraseyour reading level

    be-E-rets ye-hu-DA

  3. clause

    va-yit-TEN ne-tsi-VIM be-E-rets ye-hu-DA u-ve-a-RE e-fe-RA-yim a-SHER la-KHAD a-SA a-VI-v

  4. sentence

    va-yit-TEN-kha-YIL be-KHOL-a-RE ye-hu-DA ha-be-tsu-ROT va-yit-TEN ne-tsi-VIM be-E-rets ye-hu-DA u-ve-a-RE e-fe-RA-yim a-SHER la-KHAD a-SA a-VI-v

Exegesis

The repetition wayyiṯen nᵉṣīvīm {וַיִּתֵּ֤ן נְצִיבִים֙ | wayyiṯen nᵉṣīvīm} parallels appointing garrisons in two domains: bᵉʾereṣ-Yehudah {בְּאֶ֣רֶץ יְהוּדָ֔ה | bᵉʾereṣ-Yehudah} and u-bᵉ’ārei-’Ephrayim {וּבְעָרֵ֣י אֶפְרַ֔יִם | u-bᵉ’ārei ’Ephrayim}.

In context2 Chronicles 17:2

And he stationed forces in all the fortified cities of Judah, and he placed garrisons in the land of Judah and in the cities of Ephraim that his father Asa had captured.

About this coordinate

2 Chronicles 17:2:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Chronicles 17:2, so the Hebrew word בְּאֶ֣רֶץ (beerets) 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 2 Chr.17.2.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.17.2.W7.S1) and character.