Genesis 19:23:3Gen.19.23.W3TAB
עַל־הָאָ֑רֶץ
alhaarets
“upon the earth”
- Transliteration
- al-ha-A-rets
- Extended
- ahl-haa-AA-rehts
- IPA
- /ʕal.haː.ˈʔaː.rɛts/
Meaning by language
- English
- upon the earth
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
al-ha-A-rets
- phraseyour reading level
ya-TSA al-ha-A-rets
- clause
ha-SHE-mesh ya-TSA al-ha-A-rets
- sentence
ha-SHE-mesh ya-TSA al-ha-A-rets ve-LOT BA tso-a-RA
Exegesis
The first clause, hashemesh yatsa al-haarets {הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ יָצָא עַל־הָאָרֶץ | haš-šemeš yā-ṣāʾ ʿal hā-ʾā-reṣ}, sets the temporal scene with a definite subject, a perfect verb indicating completed action, and a location phrase.
In context — Genesis 19:23
The sun had risen over the land when Lot came into Zoar .
About this coordinate
Genesis 19:23:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 19:23, so the Hebrew word עַל־הָאָ֑רֶץ (alhaarets) 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.19.23.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.23.W3.S1) and character.