Joshua 17:8:3Josh.17.8.W3TAB
אֶ֣רֶץ
eretz
“the land”
- Transliteration
- E-retz
- Extended
- EH-retz
- IPA
- /ˈʔɛrɛts/
Meaning by language
- English
- the land
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Alphabet Analysis
| 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
E-retz
- phraseyour reading level
E-retz ta-PU-akh
- clause
li-me-na-SHEH hai-TAH E-retz ta-PU-akh
- sentence
li-me-na-SHEH hai-TAH E-retz ta-PU-akh ve-ta-PU-akh el-ge-VUL me-na-SHEH liv-NEI ef-RA-yim
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase limnasheh {לִמְנַשֶּׁה | lî-menash-sheh} ‘to Manasseh’ introduces an ownership context, followed by the verb hayetah {הָיְתָה | hā-yə-ṯāh} ‘was’ which assigns eretz tappuach {אֶרֶץ תַּפּוּחַ | ʾĕ-reṣ ṭappû-ăḥ} as the possessed subject.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–resh–tsade
“land, territory”
In context — Joshua 17:8
The land of Tappuah belonged to Manasseh, but Tappuah itself on the border of Manasseh went to the sons of Ephraim .
About this coordinate
Joshua 17:8:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Joshua 17:8, so the Hebrew word אֶ֣רֶץ (eretz) 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.17.8.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.17.8.W3.S1) and character.