Genesis 15:7:11Gen.15.7.W11TAB
אֶת־הָאָ֥רֶץ
ethaarets
“land”
- Transliteration
- et-ha-A-rets
- Extended
- eht-hah-AA-rehts
- IPA
- /ʔɛθ.haː.ˈʔaː.rɛts/
Meaning by language
- English
- land
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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
et-ha-A-rets
- phraseyour reading level
et-ha-A-rets ha-ZOT
- clause
a-NI Ye-ho-VAH a-SHER ho-tse-TI-kha me-UR ka-se-DIM la-TET le-KHA et-ha-A-rets ha-ZOT le-rish-TAH
- sentence
va-YO-mer e-LAV a-NI Ye-ho-VAH a-SHER ho-tse-TI-kha me-UR ka-se-DIM la-TET le-KHA et-ha-A-rets ha-ZOT le-rish-TAH
Exegesis
The direct object marker et {אֶת־ | ʾet} signals that haarets hazot {הָאָרֶץ הַזֹּאת | hā-ʾā-reṣ haz-zōt} ‘this land’ is the specific gift in view.
Root and etymology
ʾ-r-ṣ
“earth, land”
In context — Genesis 15:7
And He said to him, “I am the LORD who brought you out from Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess it.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 15:7:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Genesis 15:7, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הָאָ֥רֶץ (ethaarets) 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.15.7.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.15.7.W11.S1) and character.