Exodus 13:5:16Exod.13.5.W16TAB
זָבַ֥ת
zavat
“flowing with”
- Transliteration
- za-VAT
- Extended
- zah-VAHT
- IPA
- /zaːˈvaθ/
Meaning by language
- English
- flowing with
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
za-VAT
- phraseyour reading level
za-VAT kha-LAV
- 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.
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 13:5:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Exodus 13:5, so the Hebrew word זָבַ֥ת (zavat) 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.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.13.5.W16.S1) and character.