Exodus 13:11:4Exod.13.11.W4TAB
אֶל־אֶ֣רֶץ
elerets
“into the land of”
- Transliteration
- el-E-rets
- Extended
- ehl-EH-rets
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.ˈʔɛ.rɛts/
Meaning by language
- English
- into the 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 | |
| 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 ha-ke-na-a-NEE
- clause
ve-ha-YA ki-ye-vi-a-KHA Ye-ho-VAH el-E-rets ha-ke-na-a-NEE ka-a-SHER nish-BA le-KHA ve-la-a-vo-TE-kha
- sentence
ve-ha-YA ki-ye-vi-a-KHA Ye-ho-VAH el-E-rets ha-ke-na-a-NEE ka-a-SHER nish-BA le-KHA ve-la-a-vo-TE-kha u-ne-ta-NAH LAKH
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase el erets haKena‘ani {אֶל־אֶ֣רֶץ הַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֔י | ʾel ʾe-reṣ ha-qə-na-ʿa-nî} ‘into the land of the Canaanite’ specifies the promised territory.
Root and etymology
ʾ-r-ṣaleph–resh–tsade
“earth, land”
In context — Exodus 13:11
And it shall be, when the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanite , as He swore to you and to your fathers, and gives it to you.
About this coordinate
Exodus 13:11:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Exodus 13:11, 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 Exod.13.11.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.13.11.W4.S1) and character.