Ezekiel 19:12:3Ezek.19.12.W3TAB

לָאָ֣רֶץ

laarets

to the earth

Transliteration
la-A-rets
Extended
laa-AH-rehts
IPA
/laːˈʔaːrɛts/

Meaning by language

English
to the earth

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
לָ + אָ֣ + רֶץ
la + a + rets
laarets

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
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

    la-A-rets

  2. phraseyour reading level

    la-A-rets hush-la-KHA

  3. clause

    va-tut-TASH be-khe-MA la-A-rets hush-la-KHA ve-RU-akh ha-ka-DIM ho-VISH pir-YA

  4. sentence

    va-tut-TASH be-khe-MA la-A-rets hush-la-KHA ve-RU-akh ha-ka-DIM ho-VISH pir-YA hit-par-KEU ve-ya-VE-shu ma-TE u-ZA ESH a-kha-LAT-hu

Root and etymology

Rootaleph–lamed–tsade

earth, land

In contextEzekiel 19:12

She was uprooted in fury and cast down to the earth; the east wind dried up her fruit. Her strong rods were snapped off and withered; fire consumed them.

About this coordinate

Ezekiel 19:12:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Ezekiel 19:12, so the Hebrew word לָאָ֣רֶץ (laarets) 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.19.12.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.19.12.W3.S1) and character.