Hosea 13:5:4Hos.13.5.W4TAB
בְּאֶ֖רֶץ
beerets
“in a land of”
- Transliteration
- be-E-rets
- Extended
- beh-EH-rehts
- IPA
- /bəˈʔɛ.rɛts/
Meaning by language
- English
- in a land of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
be-E-rets
- clause
be-E-rets ta-le-U-vot
- sentence
a-NI ye-DA-e-ti-KHA ba-mID-baR be-E-rets ta-le-U-vot
Exegesis
The parallel prepositional phrases bamidbar {בַּמִּדְבָּר | ba-mid-bār} ‘in the wilderness’ and beerets talavot {בְּאֶרֶץ תַּלְאָבוֹת | bə-ʾe-reṣ tal-ʾā-ḇôṯ} ‘in a land of parched hardships’ intensify the harsh setting. English preserves the sequence of “in…” phrases to mirror the Hebrew stacking and maintain the focus on God’s attentive knowledge amid hardship.
In context — Hosea 13:5
I knew you in the wilderness, in a land of parched hardship.
About this coordinate
Hosea 13:5:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Hosea 13:5, so the Hebrew word בְּאֶ֖רֶץ (beerets) 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 Hos.13.5.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Hos.13.5.W4.S1) and character.