Genesis 26:2:8Gen.26.2.W8TAB
בָּאָ֔רֶץ
baarets
“in the land”
- Transliteration
- ba-A-rets
- Extended
- bah-AA-rehts
- IPA
- /baː.ˈʔaː.rɛts/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the land
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
ba-A-rets
- phraseyour reading level
she-KHON ba-A-rets
- clause
she-KHON ba-A-rets a-SHER o-MAR e-LE-kha
- sentence
va-ye-RA e-LAV Ye-ho-VAH va-yo-MER al-te-RED mi-tse-RAI-ma she-KHON ba-A-rets a-SHER o-MAR e-LE-kha
Exegesis
Within the speech, the prohibition al {אַל | ʾal} plus the imperfect tered {תֵּרֵד | tē-rēḏ} frames a command against descending toward Mitsraymah {מִצְרָיְמָה | miṣ-rā-yi-māh}, followed by the imperative shekhon {שְׁכֹן | šə-ḵōn} commanding settled residence in the land baarets {בָּאָ֔רֶץ | bā-ʾā-reṣ}.
Root and etymology
ʾ-r-tsaleph–resh–tsade
“land, earth”
In context — Genesis 26:2
Then the LORD appeared to him and said, "You must not go down to Egypt; live in the land that I will direct you to."
About this coordinate
Genesis 26:2:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 26:2, so the Hebrew word בָּאָ֔רֶץ (baarets) 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.26.2.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.26.2.W8.S1) and character.