Ezekiel 20:15:9Ezek.20.15.W9TAB
אֶל־הָאָ֣רֶץ
elhaarets
“to the land”
- Transliteration
- el-ha-A-rets
- Extended
- ehl-haa-AH-rehts
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.haːˈʔaː.rɛts/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the land
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| 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
el-ha-A-rets
- phraseyour reading level
el-ha-A-rets a-sher-na-TI
- clause
le-vil-TI ha-VI o-TAM el-ha-A-rets a-sher-na-TI za-VAT kha-LAV u-de-VASH tse-VI HI le-khol-ha-a-ra-TSOT
- sentence
ve-GAM-a-NI na-SA-ti YA-di la-HEM ba-mid-BAR le-vil-TI ha-VI o-TAM el-ha-A-rets a-sher-na-TI za-VAT kha-LAV u-de-VASH tse-VI HI le-khol-ha-a-ra-TSOT
Exegesis
The relative asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾă-ˈšer} links to natati {נָתַתִּי | nā-ˈṯaṯ-tî} ‘I gave’, modifying haaretz {הָאָרֶץ | hā-ˈʾā-reṣ} ‘the land’.
In context — Ezekiel 20:15
And also I lifted My hand to them in the wilderness so that I would not bring them into the land that I gave, a land flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 20:15:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Ezekiel 20:15, so the Hebrew word אֶל־הָאָ֣רֶץ (elhaarets) 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.20.15.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.20.15.W9.S1) and character.