Joshua 14:15:10Josh.14.15.W10TAB
וְהָאָ֥רֶץ
vehaaretz
“and the land”
- Transliteration
- ve-ha-A-retz
- Extended
- veh-hah-AA-retz
- 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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Word in context
- word
ve-ha-A-retz
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ha-A-retz shak-TA
- clause
ve-ha-A-retz shak-TA mi-mil-kha-MA
- sentence
ve-SHEM khev-RON le-fa-NIM kir-YAT ar-BA ha-a-DAM ha-ga-DOL ba-a-na-KIM HU ve-ha-A-retz shak-TA mi-mil-kha-MA
Exegesis
The perfect verb shakta {שָׁקְטָה | šā-qə-ṯāh} ‘was at rest’ agrees with ve-ha-aretz {וְהָאָרֶץ | wə-hā-’ā-reṣ} and conveys completed cessation.
Root and etymology
Rootʾ–r–ṣ
“land, earth”
In context — Joshua 14:15
The name of Hebron in former times was Kiryat Arba, named for Arba , the great man among the Anakim; and the land was at rest from war.
About this coordinate
Joshua 14:15:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Joshua 14:15, so the Hebrew word וְהָאָ֥רֶץ (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.14.15.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.14.15.W10.S1) and character.