Ezekiel 19:7:6Ezek.19.7.W6TAB
אֶ֙רֶץ֙
erets
“land”
- Transliteration
- E-rets
- Extended
- EH-rehts
- IPA
- /ˈʔɛ.rɛts/
Meaning by language
- English
- land
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| 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
E-rets
- phraseyour reading level
va-TE-sham E-rets
- clause
va-TE-sham E-rets u-me-lo-A mi-KOL sha-a-ga-TO
- sentence
va-YE-da al-me-no-TAV ve-a-re-HEM he-khe-RIV va-TE-sham E-rets u-me-lo-A mi-KOL sha-a-ga-TO
Exegesis
This is followed by vattesham {וַתֵּשַׁם | wat-tē-šam} ‘and it became appalled’, attributing a personified emotional response to eretz umeloah {אֶרֶץ וּמְלֹאָהּ | ʾereṣ ū-mə-lō-ʾāh} ‘land and its fullness’.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–lamed–tsade
“earth, land”
In context — Ezekiel 19:7
And he knew their widows, and he laid waste their cities; the land and all its fullness were appalled at the sound of his roaring.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 19:7:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Ezekiel 19:7, so the Hebrew word אֶ֙רֶץ֙ (erets) 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.19.7.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.19.7.W6.S1) and character.