Ezekiel 19:13:4Ezek.19.13.W4TAB

בְּאֶ֖רֶץ

beerets

in a land

Transliteration
be-E-rets
Extended
beh-EH-rehts
IPA
/bəˈʔɛrɛts/

Meaning by language

English
in a land

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
בְּ + אֶ֖ + רֶץ
be + e + rets
beerets

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
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

    be-E-rets

  2. clause

    be-E-rets tsi-YA ve-tsa-MA

  3. sentence

    ve-a-TA she-tu-LA va-mid-BAR be-E-rets tsi-YA ve-tsa-MA

Exegesis

The phrase beʾeretz tsiyyah ve-tsama {בְּאֶרֶץ צִיָּה וְצָמָא | bə-ʾe-reṣ ṣīyyāh wə-ṣā-māʾ} uses a construct chain of a preposition with two coordinated nouns to intensify the sense of desolation. English rendering places location before description to mirror Hebrew emphasis on place.

Root and etymology

Rootaleph–lamed–tsade

earth, land

In contextEzekiel 19:13

And now she is planted in the wilderness, in a land of dryness and thirst .

About this coordinate

Ezekiel 19:13:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Ezekiel 19:13, so the Hebrew word בְּאֶ֖רֶץ (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 Ezek.19.13.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.19.13.W4.S1) and character.