Genesis 17:8:6Gen.17.8.W6TAB
אֶ֣רֶץ
erets
“the land of”
- Transliteration
- E-rets
- Extended
- EH-rets
- IPA
- /ˈʔɛ.rɛts/
Meaning by language
- English
- the land of
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
ET E-rets me-gu-RE-kha
- clause
ve-na-tat-TI le-KHA u-le-zar-a-KHA a-kha-RE-kha ET E-rets me-gu-RE-kha ET kol-E-rets ke-na-AN la-a-khu-ZAT o-LAM
- sentence
ve-na-tat-TI le-KHA u-le-zar-a-KHA a-kha-RE-kha ET E-rets me-gu-RE-kha ET kol-E-rets ke-na-AN la-a-khu-ZAT o-LAM ve-ha-YI-ti la-HEM le-e-lo-HIM
Exegesis
Et {אֵת | ʾēt} marks the direct object erets megurekha {אֶרֶץ מְגֻרֶיךָ | ʾe-reṣ mə-gu-rê-ḵā} ‘land of your sojournings’, emphasizing transient dwelling.
Root and etymology
ʾ-r-ṣAleph–Resh–Tsade
“land, earth”
In context — Genesis 17:8
I will give to you and to your descendants after you the land where you live as a foreigner, all the land of Canaan, as an everlasting possession , and I will be God to them.
About this coordinate
Genesis 17:8:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 17:8, 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 Gen.17.8.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.17.8.W6.S1) and character.