2 Kings 18:32:42 Kgs.18.32.W4TAB
אֶל־אֶ֣רֶץ
elerets
“to a land”
- Transliteration
- el-E-rets
- Extended
- ehl-EH-rehts
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.ˈʔɛrɛts/
Meaning by language
- English
- to a land
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
el-E-rets
- phraseyour reading level
el-E-rets ke-ar-TSKHEM
- clause
ad-BO-i ve-la-KHAKHT-i et-KHEM el-E-rets ke-ar-TSKHEM E-rets da-GAN ve-ti-ROSH E-rets LE-khem u-khra-MIM E-rets ZEIT yits-HAR u-de-VASH vi-kh-YU ve-LO ta-MU-tu
- sentence
ad-BO-i ve-la-KHAKHT-i et-KHEM el-E-rets ke-ar-TSKHEM E-rets da-GAN ve-ti-ROSH E-rets LE-khem u-khra-MIM E-rets ZEIT yits-HAR u-de-VASH vi-kh-YU ve-LO ta-MU-tu ve-al-tish-me-U el-khiz-ki-YA-hu ki-ya-SIT et-KHEM le-MOR Ye-ho-VAH ya-tsi-LE-nu
Exegesis
A triad of parallel descriptions—ereṣ dāgan wə-tīrôš, ʾereṣ leḥem u-kerāmîm, ʾereṣ zêyt yiṣhār u-devash {אֶרֶץ דָּגָן וְתִירוֹשׁ ... | ʾereṣ dāgan wə-tî-rōš ...}—creates an accumulative effect of bounty.
In context — 2 Kings 18:32
Until I come and take you to a land like your land—a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive oil and honey—so that you may live and not die. And do not listen to Hezekiah, for he is misleading you, saying, “The LORD will rescue us.”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 18:32:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Kings 18:32, so the Hebrew word אֶל־אֶ֣רֶץ (elerets) 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.18.32.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.18.32.W4.S1) and character.