Genesis 13:17:3Gen.13.17.W3TAB
בָּאָ֔רֶץ
baarets
“in the land”
- Transliteration
- ba-A-rets
- Extended
- bah-AA-rets
- IPA
- /baː.ˈʔaː.rɛts/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the land
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
ba-A-rets
- phraseyour reading level
hit-hal-LEKH ba-A-rets
- clause
KOOM hit-hal-LEKH ba-A-rets le-or-KAH u-le-rokh-BAH
- sentence
KOOM hit-hal-LEKH ba-A-rets le-or-KAH u-le-rokh-BAH KI le-KHA et-te-NEN-na
Exegesis
The domain is specified by the prepositional phrase bāʾāreṣ {בָּאָ֔רֶץ | bāʾāreṣ} ‘in the land’, while the spatial merism ləʾorḵāh {לְאָרְכָּ֖הּ | ləʾorḵāh} ‘to its length’ and ûləraḥḇāh {וּלְרָחְבָּ֑הּ | ûləraḥḇāh} ‘to its breadth’ underscores total coverage.
Root and etymology
RootAleph–Resh–Tsade
“land, earth”
In context — Genesis 13:17
Arise, and walk through the land, along its length and across its breadth, for I will give it to you.
About this coordinate
Genesis 13:17:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 13:17, so the Hebrew word בָּאָ֔רֶץ (baarets) 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.13.17.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.13.17.W3.S1) and character.