Genesis 22:2:8Gen.22.2.W8TAB

אֶל־אֶ֖רֶץ

elerets

to the land of

Transliteration
el-E-rets
Extended
ehl-EH-rehts
IPA
/ʔel.ˈʔɛ.rɛts/

Meaning by language

English
to the land of

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
אֶל + אֶ֖ + רֶץ
el + e + rets
elerets

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Lamedl as in law
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Tsade Sofitfinal form of Tsade — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    el-E-rets

  2. clause

    va-YO-mer kakh-NA et-bin-KHA et-ye-kheed-KHA a-sher-a-hav-TA et-yits-KHAK ve-lekh-le-KHA el-E-rets ha-mo-ri-YA

  3. sentence

    va-YO-mer kakh-NA et-bin-KHA et-ye-kheed-KHA a-sher-a-hav-TA et-yits-KHAK ve-lekh-le-KHA el-E-rets ha-mo-ri-YA ve-ha-a-LE-hu SHAM le-o-LA AL a-KHAD he-ha-RIM a-SHER o-MAR e-LE-kha

In contextGenesis 22:2

And He said, “Please take Isaac, your son—your only one —whom you have loved, and go to the land of Moriah. There, offer him as a burnt offering on one of the mountains that I will point out to you.”

About this coordinate

Genesis 22:2:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 22:2, so the Hebrew word אֶל־אֶ֖רֶץ (elerets) 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.22.2.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.22.2.W8.S1) and character.