Ezekiel 20:36:5Ezek.20.36.W5TAB
אֶ֣רֶץ
erets
“of the land”
- Transliteration
- E-rets
- Extended
- EH-rehts
- IPA
- /ˈʔɛrɛts/
Meaning by language
- English
- of 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 | |
| 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
E-rets mits-RA-yim
- clause
ka-a-SHER nish-PAT-ti ET-a-vo-TE-khem ba-mid-BAR E-rets mits-RA-yim
- sentence
ka-a-SHER nish-PAT-ti ET-a-vo-TE-khem ba-mid-BAR E-rets mits-RA-yim KEN esh-POT ET-khem ne-UM a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase be-midbar ʾe-reṣ Miṣrayim {בְּמִדְבַּר אֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם | bə-mid-bar ʾe-reṣ miṣ-rā-yim} ‘in the wilderness of the land of Egypt’ sets the historical and geographic context.
In context — Ezekiel 20:36
Just as I judged your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so I will judge you, declares the Lord GOD .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 20:36:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Ezekiel 20:36, so the Hebrew word אֶ֣רֶץ (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.20.36.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.20.36.W5.S1) and character.