2 Kings 15:29:192 Kgs.15.29.W19TAB
אֶ֣רֶץ
erets
“land of”
- Transliteration
- E-rets
- Extended
- EH-rehts
- IPA
- /ˈʔɛ.rɛts/
Meaning by language
- English
- land of
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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The word
Word in context
- word
E-rets
- phraseyour reading level
E-rets naf-ta-LI
- clause
bi-ME PE-kakh ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL BA tig-LAT pil-E-ser ME-lekh a-SHUR va-yik-KAKH et-i-YON ve-et-a-VEL BET-ma-a-KHA ve-et-ya-NO-khakh ve-et-KE-desh ve-et-kha-TSOR ve-et-ha-gil-AD ve-et-ha-ga-li-LA KOL E-rets naf-ta-LI
- sentence
bi-ME PE-kakh ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL BA tig-LAT pil-E-ser ME-lekh a-SHUR va-yik-KAKH et-i-YON ve-et-a-VEL BET-ma-a-KHA ve-et-ya-NO-khakh ve-et-KE-desh ve-et-kha-TSOR ve-et-ha-gil-AD ve-et-ha-ga-li-LA KOL E-rets naf-ta-LI va-yag-LEM a-shu-RA
Exegesis
The list of place names builds to kol eretz Naftali {כֹּ֖ל אֶ֣רֶץ נַפְתָּלִ֑י | kōl ’e-reṣ nap-ṭā-lî} ‘all the land of Naphtali’, emphasizing total seizure.
In context — 2 Kings 15:29
In the days of Pekah, king of Israel, Tiglath-Pileser, king of Assyria, came and took Ijon, Abel Beth Maakah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, the Gilead, and the Galilee—all the land of Naphtali —and he exiled them to Assyria .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 15:29:19 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 19 of 2 Kings 15:29, 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 2 Kgs.15.29.W19, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.15.29.W19.S1) and character.