Jeremiah 22:28:16Jer.22.28.W16TAB
עַל־הָאָ֖רֶץ
alhaarets
“upon the land”
- Transliteration
- al-ha-A-rets
- Extended
- ahl-haa-AH-rehts
- IPA
- /ʕal.haːˈʔaː.rɛts/
Meaning by language
- English
- upon the land
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
al-ha-A-rets
- clause
ma-DU-a hu-ta-LU HU ve-ZAR-o ve-hush-le-KHU al-ha-A-rets a-SHER lo-ya-DA-u
- sentence
ha-E-tsev niv-ZE na-FUTS ha-ISH ha-ZE kan-YA-hu im-ke-LI EN KHE-fets BO ma-DU-a hu-ta-LU HU ve-ZAR-o ve-hush-le-KHU al-ha-A-rets a-SHER lo-ya-DA-u
Exegesis
The clause al-ha-aretz asher loyadu {עַל־הָאָ֖רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹא־יָדָֽעוּ | ʿal-hā-’ā-reṣ ’ă-šer lō-ya-ḏā-‘û} ‘upon the land which they did not know’ frames the result clause, highlighting involuntary exile.
Root and etymology
ʾ-r-ṣ
“earth, land”
In context — Jeremiah 22:28
Is this man Coniah a despised, broken pot, or a vessel in which there is no delight? Why have they—he and his offspring —been cast out and thrown upon a land which they did not know?
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 22:28:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Jeremiah 22:28, so the Hebrew word עַל־הָאָ֖רֶץ (alhaarets) 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.22.28.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.22.28.W16.S1) and character.