2 Samuel 21:14:162 Sam.21.14.W16TAB
לָאָ֖רֶץ
laarets
“for the land”
- Transliteration
- la-A-rets
- Extended
- laa-AA-rehts
- IPA
- /laːˈʔaːrɛts/
Meaning by language
- English
- for the land
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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
la-A-rets
- clause
va-ye-a-TER e-lo-HIM la-A-rets a-kha-RE-KHEN
- sentence
va-yik-be-RU ET-a-tsmo-T-SHA-ul vi-ye-ho-na-TAN-be-NO be-E-rets bin-ya-MIN be-TSE-la be-KE-ver KISH a-VIV va-ya-a-SU KOL a-SHER-tsi-VA ha-ME-lekh va-ye-a-TER e-lo-HIM la-A-rets a-kha-RE-KHEN
Exegesis
Finally, wayyêʿāṯer ʾĕlōhîm lā-ʾāreṣ ʾaḥărêy-ḵēn {וַיֵּעָתֵר אֱלֹהִים לָאָרֶץ אַחֲרֵי־כֵן} uses a nifal imperfect passive ‘and God was entreated for the land after this,’ emphasizing divine response following human action.
Root and etymology
Rootʾaleph–resh–ṣādê
“land, earth”
In context — 2 Samuel 21:14
And they buried the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son in the land of Benjamin, in Zela, in the tomb of Kish his father, and they did all that the king commanded. And God was entreated for the land after this.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 21:14:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 2 Samuel 21:14, so the Hebrew word לָאָ֖רֶץ (laarets) 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.21.14.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.21.14.W16.S1) and character.