Genesis 20:15:4Gen.20.15.W4TAB
אַרְצִ֖י
artsi
“my land”
- Transliteration
- ar-TSI
- Extended
- ahr-TSEE
- IPA
- /ʔar.ˈtsiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- my land
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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ar-TSI
- phraseyour reading level
hin-NE ar-TSI
- clause
va-YO-mer a-vi-ME-lekh hin-NE ar-TSI le-fa-NE-kha
- sentence
va-YO-mer a-vi-ME-lekh hin-NE ar-TSI le-fa-NE-kha ba-TOV be-ey-NE-kha SHEV
Exegesis
The nominal clause artsi lefanekha {אַרְצִי לְפָנֶיךָ | ʾar-ṣî lə-fā-ne-kā} lacks an explicit verb, implying the copula ‘is’ and rendering ‘my land is before you’.
Root and etymology
ʾ-r-ṣaleph–resh–tsade
“earth, land”
In context — Genesis 20:15
And Abimelech said, “See, my land is set before you; where it is good in your eyes , dwell.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 20:15:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 20:15, so the Hebrew word אַרְצִ֖י (artsi) 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.20.15.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.20.15.W4.S1) and character.