Genesis 20:1:4Gen.20.1.W4TAB
אַ֣רְצָה
artsa
“toward the land of”
- Transliteration
- ar-TSA
- Extended
- ahr-TSAA
- IPA
- /ʔar.ˈtsaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- toward the land of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ar-TSA
- phraseyour reading level
ar-TSA ha-NE-gev
- clause
va-yis-SA mi-SHAM av-ra-HAM ar-TSA ha-NE-gev va-YE-shev bein-ka-DESH u-VEIN SHUR
- sentence
va-yis-SA mi-SHAM av-ra-HAM ar-TSA ha-NE-gev va-YE-shev bein-ka-DESH u-VEIN SHUR va-ya-GAR bi-ge-RAR
Exegesis
Artsah hanNegev {אַרְצָה הַנֶּגֶב | ʾar-ṣāh han-ne-gev} functions as a goal-of-motion idiom targeting the desert region. The locative construction bein …
In context — Genesis 20:1
And Abraham set out from there toward the Negev, and he lived between Kadesh and Shur; and he stayed as a sojourner in Gerar.
About this coordinate
Genesis 20:1:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 20:1, so the Hebrew word אַ֣רְצָה (artsa) 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.20.1.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.20.1.W4.S1) and character.