Exodus 20:11:6Exod.20.11.W6TAB
וְאֶת־הָאָ֗רֶץ
vehethaarets
“and the earth”
- Transliteration
- veh-et-ha-A-rets
- Extended
- veh-et-hah-AA-rets
- IPA
- /vəʔɛt.ha.ʔaˈrɛts/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the earth
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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
veh-et-ha-A-rets
- phraseyour reading level
et-ha-sha-MA-yim veh-et-ha-A-rets
- clause
KI sheh-shet-yah-MIM a-SA Ye-ho-VAH et-ha-sha-MA-yim veh-et-ha-A-rets et-ha-YAM veh-et-kol-a-sher-BAM va-ya-NAKH ba-YOM hash-vee-EE
- sentence
KI sheh-shet-yah-MIM a-SA Ye-ho-VAH et-ha-sha-MA-yim veh-et-ha-A-rets et-ha-YAM veh-et-kol-a-sher-BAM va-ya-NAKH ba-YOM hash-vee-EE al-KEN be-RAKH Ye-ho-VAH et-YOM hash-sha-BAT va-ye-kad-SHE-hu
Exegesis
A meristic series of direct objects—et ha-shamayim {אֶת־הַשָּׁמַיִם | ʾeṯ-haš-šā-mā-yim}, ve’et ha-arets {וְאֶת־הָאָרֶץ | wə-ʾeṯ-hā-ʾā-reṣ}, et ha-yam {אֶת־הַיָּם | ʾeṯ-hay-yām}, ve’et kol asher bam {וְאֶת־כָּל־אֲשֶׁר־בָּם | wə-ʾeṯ-kāl-ʾă-šer-bām}—lists creation domains inclusively.
In context — Exodus 20:11
For in six days the LORD created the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is within them, and He rested on the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and consecrated it.
About this coordinate
Exodus 20:11:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Exodus 20:11, so the Hebrew word וְאֶת־הָאָ֗רֶץ (vehethaarets) 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.20.11.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.20.11.W6.S1) and character.