Exodus 13:17:8Exod.13.17.W8TAB
אֶ֣רֶץ
erets
“land of”
- Transliteration
- E-rets
- Extended
- EH-rehts
- IPA
- /ˈʔɛ.rɛts/
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
- phraseyour reading level
E-rets pe-lish-TEEM
- clause
va-ye-HI be-sha-LAKH par-O ET-ha-AM ve-lo-na-KHAM e-lo-HIM DE-rekh E-rets pe-lish-TEEM KI ka-ROV HU
- sentence
va-ye-HI be-sha-LAKH par-O ET-ha-AM ve-lo-na-KHAM e-lo-HIM DE-rekh E-rets pe-lish-TEEM KI ka-ROV HU KI a-MAR e-lo-HIM pen-yin-na-KHEM ha-AM bir-o-TAM mil-kha-MA ve-sha-VU mits-rai-MA
Exegesis
A noun construct chain derekh {דֶּ֚רֶךְ | de-reḵ} + erets {אֶ֣רֶץ | ʾe-reṣ} + pelishtim {פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים | pelištîm} ‘way of the land of the Philistines’ defines the route, introduced by ki {כִּ֥י | kî} ‘for’ as motive.
Root and etymology
ʾ-r-ṣaleph–resh–tsade
“earth, land”
In context — Exodus 13:17
And it happened that when Pharaoh dismissed the people, God did not guide them by the Philistine road, though it lay close by; for He said, “Lest the people reconsider when they see war and turn back to Egypt.”
About this coordinate
Exodus 13:17:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Exodus 13:17, so the Hebrew word אֶ֣רֶץ (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 Exod.13.17.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.13.17.W8.S1) and character.