Job 14:8:2Job.14.8.W2TAB

בָּאָ֣רֶץ

baarets

in the earth

Transliteration
ba-A-rets
Extended
baa-AA-rehts
IPA
/baːˈʔaːrɛts/

Meaning by language

English
in the earth

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
בָּ + אָ֣ + רֶץ
ba + a + rets
baarets

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Qametslong 'ah'
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Qametslong 'ah'
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Tsade Sofitfinal form of Tsade — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ba-A-rets

  2. clause

    im-yaz-KIN ba-A-rets SHAR-she-vo

  3. sentence

    im-yaz-KIN ba-A-rets SHAR-she-vo u-ve-a-FAR ya-MUT giz-E-vo

Exegesis

The two prepositional phrases baaretz {בָּאָ֣רֶץ | bā-ʾā-reṣ} ‘in the earth’ and uveafar {וּ֝בֶעָפָ֗ר | û-ḇe-ʿā-fār} ‘and in the dust’ create poetic parallelism that locates the decay below ground, intensifying the image of finality.

In contextJob 14:8

Even if its root grows old in the earth, and its stump dies in the dust ,

About this coordinate

Job 14:8:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Job 14:8, so the Hebrew word בָּאָ֣רֶץ (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 Job.14.8.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.14.8.W2.S1) and character.