Isaiah 18:1:2Isa.18.1.W2TAB

אֶ֖רֶץ

erets

land

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

Meaning by language

English
land

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Result
אֶ֖ + רֶץ
e + rets
erets

Alphabet Analysis

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

    E-rets

  2. phraseyour reading level

    HOY E-rets

  3. clause

    HOY E-rets tsil-TSAL ke-na-FA-yim

  4. sentence

    HOY E-rets tsil-TSAL ke-na-FA-yim a-SHER me-E-ver le-na-ha-RE-KUSH

Exegesis

The construct chain eretz tsiltsal kenafayim {אֶרֶץ צִלְצַל כְּנָפָיִם | ʾereṣ ṣilṣal kənāp̄ayim} links eretz {אֶרֶץ | ʾereṣ} ‘land’ to tsiltsal {צִלְצַל | ṣilṣal} ‘buzzing’ and kenafayim {כְּנָפָיִם | kənāp̄ayim} ‘wings’.

Root and etymology

ʾ-r-ṣʾ–r–ṣ

land, earth

In contextIsaiah 18:1

Woe to the land of the buzzing of wings, which is beyond the rivers of Cush .

About this coordinate

Isaiah 18:1:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Isaiah 18:1, so the Hebrew word אֶ֖רֶץ (erets) 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 Isa.18.1.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.18.1.W2.S1) and character.