Joshua 13:5:1Josh.13.5.W1TAB
וְהָאָ֣רֶץ
vehaaretz
“and the land”
- Transliteration
- ve-ha-A-retz
- Extended
- veh-ha-aa-RETs
- IPA
- /vəhaːˈʔaːrɛts/
Meaning by language
- English
- and 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 | |
| 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-ha-A-retz
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ha-A-retz hag-giv-LI
- clause
ve-ha-A-retz hag-giv-LI ve-KHOL-hal-le-va-NON miz-RAKH ha-SHE-mesh mi-BA-al GAD TA-khat har-KHER-mon
- sentence
ve-ha-A-retz hag-giv-LI ve-KHOL-hal-le-va-NON miz-RAKH ha-SHE-mesh mi-BA-al GAD TA-khat har-KHER-mon AD le-VO kha-MAT
Exegesis
The initial vehaaretz {וְהָאָ֣רֶץ | wə-hā-ʼā-reṣ} ‘and the land’ adds a new territorial unit.
Root and etymology
’-r-ṣ
“land, earth, territory”
In context — Joshua 13:5
And the land of the Giblite and all Lebanon toward the sunrise, from Baal Gad below Mount Hermon to the entrance of Hamath.
About this coordinate
Joshua 13:5:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Joshua 13:5, so the Hebrew word וְהָאָ֣רֶץ (vehaaretz) 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 Josh.13.5.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.13.5.W1.S1) and character.