Joshua 18:4:9Josh.18.4.W9TAB
בָאָ֛רֶץ
vaarets
“the land”
- Transliteration
- va-A-RETs
- Extended
- vaa-AH-RETS
- IPA
- /vaːˈʔaːrets/
Meaning by language
- English
- the land
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| 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
va-A-RETs
- phraseyour reading level
ve-yit-hal-KHU va-A-RETs
- clause
ve-esh-la-KHEM ve-ya-KU-mu ve-yit-hal-KHU va-A-RETs ve-yikh-te-VOO o-TAH le-FI na-cha-la-TAM ve-ya-VO-oo e-LAI
- sentence
ha-VOO la-KHEM she-lo-SHA a-na-SHIM la-sha-VET ve-esh-la-KHEM ve-ya-KU-mu ve-yit-hal-KHU va-A-RETs ve-yikh-te-VOO o-TAH le-FI na-cha-la-TAM ve-ya-VO-oo e-LAI
Exegesis
The direct object marker otah {אוֹתָ֛הּ | ’ō-ṯā(h)} ‘it’ refers to the land ba-aretz {בָאָ֛רֶץ | bä-’ā-reṣ} ‘in the land’.
In context — Joshua 18:4
Appoint three men for each tribe , and I will send them; let them rise and traverse the land and record it according to their inheritance , then let them come to me.
About this coordinate
Joshua 18:4:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Joshua 18:4, so the Hebrew word בָאָ֛רֶץ (vaarets) 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.18.4.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.18.4.W9.S1) and character.