Jeremiah 22:27:1Jer.22.27.W1TAB
וְעַל־הָאָ֗רֶץ
vealhaarets
“and to the land”
- Transliteration
- ve-AL-ha-A-rets
- Extended
- veh-AL-haa-AA-rehts
- IPA
- /wəˈʕal haːˈʔaːrɛts/
Meaning by language
- English
- and to the land
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-AL-ha-A-rets
- clause
ve-AL-ha-A-rets a-SHER-HEM me-na-se-IM et-naf-SHAM la-SHUV SHAM
- sentence
ve-AL-ha-A-rets a-SHER-HEM me-na-se-IM et-naf-SHAM la-SHUV SHAM SHA-ma LO ya-SHU-vu
Exegesis
The initial prepositional clause ve’al ha’aretz {וְעַל־הָאָרֶץ | wə-ʿal hā-ʾā-reṣ} ‘but concerning the land’ establishes the framework for the emphatic negation.
Root and etymology
ʾ-r-ṣʾ–r–ṣ
“earth, land”
In context — Jeremiah 22:27
But concerning the land to which they are lifting up their soul to return, they shall not return.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 22:27:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Jeremiah 22:27, so the Hebrew word וְעַל־הָאָ֗רֶץ (vealhaarets) 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.22.27.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.22.27.W1.S1) and character.