Genesis 48:4:10Gen.48.4.W10TAB
אֶת־הָאָ֧רֶץ
ethaarets
“land”
- Transliteration
- et-ha-A-rets
- Extended
- eht-hah-AA-rets
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.haˈʔaː.rɛts/
Meaning by language
- English
- land
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| 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
et-ha-A-rets
- phraseyour reading level
et-ha-A-rets ha-ZOT
- clause
ve-na-ta-TI et-ha-A-rets ha-ZOT le-zar-a-KHA a-kha-RE-kha a-khu-ZAT o-LAM
- sentence
va-yo-MER e-LAI hi-ne-NI maf-re-KHA ve-hir-bi-TI-kha u-ne-ta-TI-kha lik-HAL a-MIM ve-na-ta-TI et-ha-A-rets ha-ZOT le-zar-a-KHA a-kha-RE-kha a-khu-ZAT o-LAM
Exegesis
Venatati {וְנָתַתִּי | wənāṯattî} introduces a second major promise clause focused on land, with the particle et {אֶת־ | ʾeṯ} marking haarets hazot {הָאָרֶץ הַזֹּאת | hāʾāreṣ hazzōt} “this land” as the specified object.
Root and etymology
ʾ-r-ṣaleph–resh–tsade
“land, ground”
In context — Genesis 48:4
And He said to me, “Behold, I will make you fruitful and will multiply you, and I will make you into an assembly of peoples. And I will give this land to your descendants after you as an everlasting possession .”
About this coordinate
Genesis 48:4:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Genesis 48:4, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הָאָ֧רֶץ (ethaarets) 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.48.4.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.48.4.W10.S1) and character.