Genesis 13:16:4Gen.13.16.W4TAB
הָאָ֑רֶץ
haarets
“earth”
- Transliteration
- ha-A-rets
- Extended
- hah-AA-rets
- IPA
- /haː.ˈʔaː.rɛts/
Meaning by language
- English
- earth
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
ha-A-rets
- phraseyour reading level
ka-a-FAR ha-A-rets
- clause
ve-sam-TI et-zar-a-KHA ka-a-FAR ha-A-rets
- sentence
ve-sam-TI et-zar-a-KHA ka-a-FAR ha-A-rets a-SHER im-yu-KHAL ISH lim-NOT et-a-FAR ha-A-rets gam-zar-a-KHA yim-ma-NEH
Exegesis
The simile kaʿafar hāʾarets {כַּעֲפַר הָאָרֶץ | ka-ʿă-p̄ar hā-ʾā-reṣ} emphasizes the magnitude of the promise.
Root and etymology
ʾ-r-ṣAleph, Resh, Tsade
“earth, land”
In context — Genesis 13:16
I will cause your seed to become as countless as the dust upon the land, so that if any person could number the dust of the land, then your seed too would be counted.
About this coordinate
Genesis 13:16:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 13:16, so the Hebrew word הָאָ֑רֶץ (haarets) 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 Gen.13.16.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.13.16.W4.S1) and character.