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
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
la-A-rets
- phraseyour reading level
la-A-rets hush-la-KHA
- clause
va-tut-TASH be-khe-MA la-A-rets hush-la-KHA ve-RU-akh ha-ka-DIM ho-VISH pir-YA
- 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 context — Ezekiel 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.