Jeremiah 15:7:4Jer.15.7.W4TAB
הָאָ֑רֶץ
haarets
“the land”
- Transliteration
- ha-A-rets
- Extended
- haa-AH-rehts
- IPA
- /haːˈʔaːrɛts/
Meaning by language
- English
- the land
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
ha-A-rets
- phraseyour reading level
be-sha-a-RE ha-A-rets
- clause
va-ez-REM be-miz-RE be-sha-a-RE ha-A-rets
- sentence
va-ez-REM be-miz-RE be-sha-a-RE ha-A-rets shi-KAL-te i-BAD-te et-A-MI mid-dar-khe-HEM lo-SHA-VU
Exegesis
The instrumental phrase b'mizreh {בְּמִזְרֶה | bə-miz-reh} ‘with a winnowing fork’ and the locative construct b'sha'arei ha'aretz {בְּשַׁעֲרֵי הָאָרֶץ | bə-ša-ʿă-rê hā-ʾā-reṣ} ‘at the gates of the land’ specify the means and place of separation.
In context — Jeremiah 15:7
And I winnowed them with a winnowing fork at the gates of the land; I have bereaved and destroyed my people from their ways. They did not return.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 15:7:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Jeremiah 15:7, so the Hebrew word הָאָ֑רֶץ (haarets) 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 Jer.15.7.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.15.7.W4.S1) and character.