Ezekiel 20:5:16Ezek.20.5.W16TAB

בְּאֶ֣רֶץ

beerets

in the land

Transliteration
be-E-rets
Extended
beh-EH-rehts
IPA
/bəˈʔɛ.rɛts/

Meaning by language

English
in the land

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
בְּ + אֶ֣ + 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. phraseyour reading level

    be-E-rets mits-ra-YIM

  3. clause

    ve-a-MAR-ta a-le-HEM ko-a-MAR a-do-NAI Ye-ho-VI be-YOM ba-kho-RI be-yis-ra-EL va-e-SA ya-DI le-ZE-ra BET ya-a-KOV va-i-va-DA la-HEM be-E-rets mits-ra-YIM

  4. sentence

    ve-a-MAR-ta a-le-HEM ko-a-MAR a-do-NAI Ye-ho-VI be-YOM ba-kho-RI be-yis-ra-EL va-e-SA ya-DI le-ZE-ra BET ya-a-KOV va-i-va-DA la-HEM be-E-rets mits-ra-YIM va-e-SA ya-DI la-HEM le-MOR a-NI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-khem

Exegesis

The phrase vaivvada lahem {וָאִוָּדַע לָהֶם | wā-ʾiwwā-ḏaʿ lā-hem} ‘and I was made known to them’, anchored by be’eretz Mitzrayim {בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם | bə-ʾe-reṣ miṣ-rā-yim}, denotes divine revelation.

In contextEzekiel 20:5

And you shall say to them, “Thus says the Lord GOD : On the day I chose Israel and lifted up my hand to the seed of the house of Jacob and made Myself known to them in the land of Egypt, I lifted up my hand to them, saying, ‘I am the LORD your God.’”

About this coordinate

Ezekiel 20:5:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Ezekiel 20:5, so the Hebrew word בְּאֶ֣רֶץ (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.20.5.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.20.5.W16.S1) and character.