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
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| 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
el-E-rets
- 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
- 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 context — Genesis 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.