Joshua 13:7:3Josh.13.7.W3TAB
אֶת־הָאָ֧רֶץ
ethaaret
“the land”
- Transliteration
- ET-ha-A-ret
- Extended
- EET-hah-AA-rets
- IPA
- /ˈʔeːt.haːˈʔaːrɛts/
Meaning by language
- English
- the land
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
ET-ha-A-ret
- phraseyour reading level
ET-ha-A-ret haz-ZOT
- clause
ve-a-TAH khal-LEK ET-ha-A-ret haz-ZOT be-na-kha-LAH le-tish-AT ha-she-va-TIM
- sentence
ve-a-TAH khal-LEK ET-ha-A-ret haz-ZOT be-na-kha-LAH le-tish-AT ha-she-va-TIM va-kha-TSI ha-she-VET ham-na-SHEH
Exegesis
The direct-object marker ʾet {אֶת־ | ʾet} precedes the noun hā'āreṣ {הָאָ֧רֶץ | hāʾ·āreṣ} ‘the land’, specified by the demonstrative hazōt {הַזֹּ֛את | hazōt} ‘this’.
Root and etymology
’-r-ṣ
“land, earth, territory”
In context — Joshua 13:7
And now, divide this land as an inheritance to the nine tribes and the half-tribe of Manasseh.
About this coordinate
Joshua 13:7:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Joshua 13:7, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הָאָ֧רֶץ (ethaaret) 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.13.7.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.13.7.W3.S1) and character.