Genesis 17:8:9Gen.17.8.W9TAB
כָּל־אֶ֣רֶץ
kolerets
“all the land of”
- Transliteration
- kol-E-rets
- Extended
- kohl-EH-rets
- IPA
- /kɔl.ˈʔɛ.rɛts/
Meaning by language
- English
- all the land of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
kol-E-rets
- phraseyour reading level
kol-E-rets ke-na-AN
- 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
A second et introduces kol-erets kena‘an {כָּל־אֶרֶץ כְּנַעַן | kol-ʾe-reṣ kə-na-ʿan} ‘all the land of Canaan’, with kol intensifying totality.
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 17:8:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 17:8, so the Hebrew word כָּל־אֶ֣רֶץ (kolerets) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.17.8.W9.S1) and character.