Isaiah 19:20:6Isa.19.20.W6TAB
בְּאֶ֣רֶץ
beerets
“in the land of”
- Transliteration
- be-E-rets
- Extended
- beh-EH-rehts
- IPA
- /bəˈʔɛrɛts/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the 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
- phraseyour reading level
be-E-rets mits-ra-YIM
- clause
ve-ha-YA le-OT u-le-ED la-Ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT be-E-rets mits-ra-YIM
- sentence
ve-ha-YA le-OT u-le-ED la-Ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT be-E-rets mits-ra-YIM ki-yits-a-KU el-Ye-ho-VAH mip-ne lo-kha-TSIM ve-yish-LAKH la-HEM mo-shi-A va-RAV ve-hi-tsi-LAM
Exegesis
The locative be-ʼereṣ Mitsrayim {בְּאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרָ֑יִם | bə-’e-reṣ mits-rā-yim} situates the promise geographically.
Root and etymology
ʾ-r-ṣaleph–resh–tsade
“land”
In context — Isaiah 19:20
And it will be for a sign and for a witness to the LORD of hosts in the land of Egypt, because they will cry out to the LORD on account of oppressors , and He will send them a savior and a great one, and He will deliver them.
About this coordinate
Isaiah 19:20:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Isaiah 19:20, so the Hebrew word בְּאֶ֣רֶץ (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 Isa.19.20.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.19.20.W6.S1) and character.