Job 15:29:5Job.15.29.W5TAB
לָאָ֣רֶץ
laarets
“to the earth”
- Transliteration
- la-A-rets
- Extended
- laa-AH-rehts
- IPA
- /laːˈʔaːrɛts/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the earth
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
la-A-rets
- phraseyour reading level
la-A-rets min-e-LAM
- clause
ve-LO-yit-TE la-A-rets min-e-LAM
- sentence
LO-ye-ASh-ar ve-LO-ya-KUM KHEI-lo ve-LO-yit-TE la-A-rets min-e-LAM
Exegesis
The final clause uses ve-lo-yitteh {וְלֹא־יִטֶּה | wə-lōʾ-yiṭṭeh} ‘and it will not stretch out’ with la-aretz {לָאָ֣רֶץ | lāʾāreṣ} ‘to the land,’ deploying spatial metaphor for failed expansion.
Root and etymology
consonantsAleph–Resh–Tsade
“land, earth”
In context — Job 15:29
He will not become rich, and his wealth will not stand, and his possessions will not spread over the land.
About this coordinate
Job 15:29:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Job 15:29, so the Hebrew word לָאָ֣רֶץ (laarets) 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.15.29.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.15.29.W5.S1) and character.