Jeremiah 16:6:4Jer.16.6.W4TAB
בָּאָ֥רֶץ
baarets
“in the land”
- Transliteration
- ba-A-rets
- Extended
- baa-AH-rehts
- IPA
- /baːˈʔaː.rɛts/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the land
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
ba-A-rets
- phraseyour reading level
ba-A-rets ha-ZOT
- clause
u-ME-tu ge-do-LIM u-ke-ta-NIM ba-A-rets ha-ZOT LO yik-ka-VE-ru
- sentence
u-ME-tu ge-do-LIM u-ke-ta-NIM ba-A-rets ha-ZOT LO yik-ka-VE-ru ve-LO-yis-pe-DU la-HEM ve-LO yit-go-DAD ve-LO yik-ka-RE-akh la-HEM
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase ba-aretz hazot {בָּאָרֶץ הַזֹּאת | bāʾāreṣ haz-zōʾṯ} ‘in this land’ provides locative setting.
Root and etymology
“earth, land”
In context — Jeremiah 16:6
Both the great and the small will die in this land; they will not be buried, and none will lament for them, nor will anyone cut himself, nor will anyone shave his head for them.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 16:6:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Jeremiah 16:6, so the Hebrew word בָּאָ֥רֶץ (baarets) 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.16.6.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.16.6.W4.S1) and character.