Joshua 14:1:4Josh.14.1.W4TAB
בְּאֶ֣רֶץ
beeretz
“in the land”
- Transliteration
- be-E-retz
- Extended
- beh-EH-retz
- IPA
- /bəˈʔɛrɛts/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the land
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| 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
be-E-retz
- phraseyour reading level
be-E-retz ke-NA-an
- clause
ve-E-leh a-SHER-NA-ha-lu ve-NEI-YIS-ra-el be-E-retz ke-NA-an
- sentence
ve-E-leh a-SHER-NA-ha-lu ve-NEI-YIS-ra-el be-E-retz ke-NA-an a-SHER ni-HA-lu o-TAM el-a-ZAR ha-ko-HEN vi-ye-ho-SHU-a bin-NUN ve-ra-SHEI a-VOT ha-mat-TOT li-vnei yis-ra-EL
Root and etymology
Rootʾ–r–ṣ
“land, earth”
In context — Joshua 14:1
And these are the territories which the sons of Israel inherited in the land of Canaan, which were allotted to them by Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun and the heads of the ancestral tribes of the sons of Israel.
About this coordinate
Joshua 14:1:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Joshua 14:1, so the Hebrew word בְּאֶ֣רֶץ (beeretz) 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.14.1.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.14.1.W4.S1) and character.