Deuteronomy 15:23:5Deut.15.23.W5TAB
עַל־הָאָ֥רֶץ
alhaaretz
“upon the ground”
- Transliteration
- al-ha-A-retz
- Extended
- ahl-hah-AA-retz
- IPA
- /ʕal.haːˈʔaːrɛts/
Meaning by language
- English
- upon the ground
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| 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
al-ha-A-retz
- phraseyour reading level
al-ha-A-retz tish-pe-KHE-nu
- clause
al-ha-A-retz tish-pe-KHE-nu ka-MA-yim
- sentence
RAK et-da-MO LO to-a-KHEL al-ha-A-retz tish-pe-KHE-nu ka-MA-yim
Root and etymology
RootAleph Resh Tsade
“land, ground”
In context — Deuteronomy 15:23
You shall not eat the blood ; you shall pour it out on the ground like water.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 15:23:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Deuteronomy 15:23, so the Hebrew word עַל־הָאָ֥רֶץ (alhaaretz) 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 Deut.15.23.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.15.23.W5.S1) and character.