Ezekiel 14:17:4Ezek.14.17.W4TAB
עַל־הָאָ֣רֶץ
alhaarets
“upon the land”
- Transliteration
- al-ha-A-rets
- Extended
- ahl-haa-AH-rehts
- IPA
- /ʕal.haːˈʔaː.rɛts/
Meaning by language
- English
- upon the land
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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The word
Word in context
- word
al-ha-A-rets
- phraseyour reading level
al-ha-A-rets ha-HI
- clause
O KHE-rev a-VI al-ha-A-rets ha-HI
- sentence
O KHE-rev a-VI al-ha-A-rets ha-HI ve-a-MAR-ti KHE-rev ta-a-VOR ba-A-rets ve-hikh-RAT-ti mim-ME-na a-DAM u-ve-he-MA
Exegesis
The subject is the speaker, who brings (avi {אָבִ֖יא | ʾā-ḇî}) the sword (cherev {חֶ֥רֶב | ḥe-reḇ}) upon the specific land (ha-aretz ha-hi {הָאָ֣רֶץ הַהִ֑יא | hā-ʾā-reṣ ha-hî}).
Root and etymology
RootAleph-Resh-Tsade
“land, earth”
In context — Ezekiel 14:17
Or if I bring a sword upon that land and say, “Sword, pass through the land,” and I cut off from it both human and beast .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 14:17:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Ezekiel 14:17, so the Hebrew word עַל־הָאָ֣רֶץ (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 Ezek.14.17.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.14.17.W4.S1) and character.