Exodus 13:5:15Exod.13.5.W15TAB
אֶ֛רֶץ
erets
“a land”
- Transliteration
- E-rets
- Extended
- EH-rehts
- IPA
- /ˈʔɛ.rɛts/
Meaning by language
- English
- a land
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
- clause
ve-ha-YA ki-ye-vi-a-KHA Ye-ho-VAH el-E-rets hak-ke-na-a-NI ve-ha-khit-TI ve-ha-e-mo-RI ve-ha-khiv-VI ve-ha-ye-vu-SI a-SHER nish-BA la-a-vo-TE-kha la-TET LAKH E-rets za-VAT kha-LAV u-de-VASH
- sentence
ve-ha-YA ki-ye-vi-a-KHA Ye-ho-VAH el-E-rets hak-ke-na-a-NI ve-ha-khit-TI ve-ha-e-mo-RI ve-ha-khiv-VI ve-ha-ye-vu-SI a-SHER nish-BA la-a-vo-TE-kha la-TET LAKH E-rets za-VAT kha-LAV u-de-VASH ve-a-vad-TA et-ha-a-vo-DA ha-ZOT ba-KHO-desh ha-ZEH
Exegesis
The description erets zavat chalav u-devash {אֶרֶץ זָבַת חָלָב וּדְבָשׁ | ʾe-reṣ zā-ḇat ḥā-lāḇ u-ḏə-ḇāš} functions as a fertility merism.
Root and etymology
ʾ-r-ṣaleph–resh–tsade
“earth, land”
In context — Exodus 13:5
When the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Hivites, and Jebusites—which He swore to your fathers to give you, a land flowing with milk and honey—then you shall carry out this service in this month.
About this coordinate
Exodus 13:5:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Exodus 13:5, so the Hebrew word אֶ֛רֶץ (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.13.5.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.13.5.W15.S1) and character.