Exodus 23:9:10Exod.23.9.W10TAB
בְּאֶ֥רֶץ
beerets
“in the land of”
- Transliteration
- be-E-rets
- Extended
- beh-EH-rets
- IPA
- /bə.ˈʔɛ.rɛts/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the land of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
be-E-rets
- phraseyour reading level
be-E-rets mits-RA-yim
- clause
ve-at-TEM ye-da-TEM et-NE-fesh ha-GER ki-ge-RIM he-yi-TEM be-E-rets mits-RA-yim
- sentence
ve-GER LO til-KHATS ve-at-TEM ye-da-TEM et-NE-fesh ha-GER ki-ge-RIM he-yi-TEM be-E-rets mits-RA-yim
Exegesis
The plural gerim heyitem {גֵרִ֥ים הֱיִיתֶ֖ם | gērîm hə-yi-têm} recalls Israel’s own historical experience, and the locative expression bəʾerets mitsrayim {בְּאֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם | bə-ʾe-reṣ miṣ-rā-yim} anchors the ethical injunction in communal memory.
Root and etymology
aleph–resh–tsadealeph–resh–tsade
“land, earth”
In context — Exodus 23:9
You shall not oppress the foreigner, for you know the soul of the foreigner and you yourselves were strangers in the land .
About this coordinate
Exodus 23:9:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Exodus 23:9, so the Hebrew word בְּאֶ֥רֶץ (beerets) 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.23.9.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.23.9.W10.S1) and character.