Joshua 18:1:9Josh.18.1.W9TAB
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 nikh-be-SHA
- clause
ve-ha-A-retz nikh-be-SHA lif-NE-hem
- sentence
va-yi-ka-ha-LU KOL-a-DAT be-NEI-yis-ra-EL shi-LO va-yash-KI-nu SHAM ET-O-hel mo-ED ve-ha-A-retz nikh-be-SHA lif-NE-hem
Root and etymology
א־ר־צ
“earth, land”
In context — Joshua 18:1
And all the congregation of the sons of Israel assembled at Shiloh, and they set up there the tent of meeting . The land was subdued before them.
About this coordinate
Joshua 18:1:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Joshua 18:1, 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.18.1.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.18.1.W9.S1) and character.