Exodus 16:14:11Exod.16.14.W11TAB
עַל־הָאָֽרֶץ׃
alhaarets
“upon the ground”
- Transliteration
- al-ha-A-rets
- Extended
- ahl-hah-AA-rets
- IPA
- /ʕal.haˈʔaː.rɛts/
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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Word in context
- word
al-ha-A-rets
- clause
ve-hin-NEH al-pe-NEI ha-mid-BAR DAK me-khus-PAS DAK kak-ke-FOR al-ha-A-rets
- sentence
vat-TA-al shikh-VAT ha-TAAL ve-hin-NEH al-pe-NEI ha-mid-BAR DAK me-khus-PAS DAK kak-ke-FOR al-ha-A-rets
Exegesis
The simile kakephor {כַּכְּפֹ֖ר | ka-kə-p̄ôr} ‘like frost’ evokes a familiar natural image, and the concluding al-haarets {עַל־הָאָֽרֶץ | ʿal-ha-ʾā-reṣ} ‘upon the ground’ completes the spatial frame. This Hebrew sequence—condition, sudden observation, location, intensified description, simile—creates vivid immediacy.
Root and etymology
ʾ-r-ṣaleph–resh–tsade
“land, ground”
In context — Exodus 16:14
When the layer of dew rose, behold, on the surface of the wilderness lay a fine, flaky substance—fine as frost upon the ground.
About this coordinate
Exodus 16:14:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Exodus 16:14, so the Hebrew word עַל־הָאָֽרֶץ׃ (alhaarets) 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.16.14.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.16.14.W11.S1) and character.