2 Samuel 17:26:42 Sam.17.26.W4TAB
אֶ֖רֶץ
erets
“land of”
- Transliteration
- E-rets
- Extended
- EH-rehts
- IPA
- /ˈʔɛrɛts/
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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Word in context
- word
E-rets
- sentence
va-yi-KHAN yis-ra-EL ve-av-sha-LOM E-rets ha-gil-AD
Exegesis
The noun phrase ʾereṣ ha-gilʿād {אֶ֖רֶץ הַגִּלְעָֽד | ʾereṣ ha-gilʿā(ʿ)d} functions as a locative complement without a preposition, a feature common in Hebrew battle accounts that English renders idiomatically with “in.” This verb–subject–place arrangement emphasizes the immediacy of territorial occupation.
Root and etymology
א־ר־ץ
“land, earth”
In context — 2 Samuel 17:26
Then Israel and Absalom camped in the land of Gilead .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 17:26:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Samuel 17:26, so the Hebrew word אֶ֖רֶץ (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 Sam.17.26.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.17.26.W4.S1) and character.