Joshua 18:3:10Josh.18.3.W10TAB
אֶת־הָאָ֔רֶץ
ethaaretz
“the land”
- Transliteration
- et-ha-A-retz
- Extended
- EHT-hah-AA-retz
- IPA
- /ʔet.haˈʔaːrɛts/
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
la-RE-shet et-ha-A-retz
- clause
ad-a-NAH a-TEM mit-ra-PIM la-VO la-RE-shet et-ha-A-retz a-SHER na-TAN la-KHEM Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI a-vo-TEI-khem
- sentence
va-yo-MER ye-ho-SHU-a el-be-NEI yis-ra-EL ad-a-NAH a-TEM mit-ra-PIM la-VO la-RE-shet et-ha-A-retz a-SHER na-TAN la-KHEM Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI a-vo-TEI-khem
Exegesis
The direct object marker et {אֶת־ | ʾet} directly governs haaretz {הָאָ֔רֶץ | hāʾāreṣ} ‘the land’.
Root and etymology
א־ר־צ
“earth, land”
In context — Joshua 18:3
And Joshua said to the children of Israel, “How long will you be slack to go in to possess the land which the LORD the God of your fathers has given you?”
About this coordinate
Joshua 18:3:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Joshua 18:3, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הָאָ֔רֶץ (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.18.3.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.18.3.W10.S1) and character.