Joshua 14:7:11Josh.14.7.W11TAB
אֶת־הָאָ֑רֶץ
ethaaretz
“the land”
- Transliteration
- et-ha-A-retz
- Extended
- EHT-hah-AA-retz
- IPA
- /ʔet 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-retz
- phraseyour reading level
le-ra-GEL et-ha-A-retz
- clause
ben-ar-BA-iym sha-NA a-no-KHI bish-LO-akh mo-SHEH e-ved-ye-ho-VAH o-TI mik-ka-DESH bar-NE-a le-ra-GEL et-ha-A-retz
- sentence
ben-ar-BA-iym sha-NA a-no-KHI bish-LO-akh mo-SHEH e-ved-ye-ho-VAH o-TI mik-ka-DESH bar-NE-a le-ra-GEL et-ha-A-retz va-a-SHEV o-TO da-VAR ka-a-SHER im-le-va-VI
Exegesis
The purpose clause lərəggēl {לְרַגֵּל | lərəggēl} “to spy out” takes the direct object marker ’ēṯ {אֶת | ’ēṯ} + hāʾāreṣ {הָאָרֶץ | hāʾāreṣ} as its target.
Root and etymology
Rootʾ–r–ṣ
“land, earth”
In context — Joshua 14:7
I was forty years old when Moses the servant of the LORD sent me from Kadesh Barnea to spy out the land , and I brought him back word just as it was with my heart.
About this coordinate
Joshua 14:7:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Joshua 14:7, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הָאָ֑רֶץ (ethaaretz) 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.14.7.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.14.7.W11.S1) and character.