Ezekiel 17:5:3Ezek.17.5.W3TAB

הָאָ֔רֶץ

haarets

the land

Transliteration
ha-A-rets
Extended
haa-AH-rehts
IPA
/haːˈʔaː.rɛts/

Meaning by language

English
the land

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
הָ + אָ֔ + רֶץ
ha + a + rets
haarets

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Qametslong 'ah'
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Qametslong 'ah'
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Tsade Sofitfinal form of Tsade — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ha-A-rets

  2. phraseyour reading level

    miz-ZE-ra ha-A-rets

  3. clause

    va-yik-KAKH miz-ZE-ra ha-A-rets va-yit-ne-HU bish-de-ZA-ra

  4. sentence

    va-yik-KAKH miz-ZE-ra ha-A-rets va-yit-ne-HU bish-de-ZA-ra KAKH al-MA-yim rab-BIM tsaf-tsa-FA SA-mo

Exegesis

The noun phrase mi-zē-raʿ ha-ʾā-reṣ {מִזֶּ֣רַע הָאָ֔רֶץ | mi-zē-raʿ ha-ʾā-reṣ} ‘from the seed of the land’ uses a construct chain to indicate origin.

In contextEzekiel 17:5

And he took seed from the land and planted it in a field ; he set it by abundant waters and made it grow as a willow.

About this coordinate

Ezekiel 17:5:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Ezekiel 17:5, so the Hebrew word הָאָ֔רֶץ (haarets) 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.17.5.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.17.5.W3.S1) and character.