Joshua 18:6:3Josh.18.6.W3TAB
אֶת־הָאָ֙רֶץ֙
ethaaretz
“the land”
- Transliteration
- et-ha-A-retz
- Extended
- EET-hah-aa-RETS
- 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
tik-te-VOO et-ha-A-retz
- clause
ve-a-TEM tik-te-VOO et-ha-A-retz shiv-A khala-KIM va-ha-ve-TEM e-LAI HE-na
- sentence
ve-a-TEM tik-te-VOO et-ha-A-retz shiv-A khala-KIM va-ha-ve-TEM e-LAI HE-na ve-ya-ri-TI la-KHEM go-RAL PO lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI-nu
Exegesis
The direct object marker et {אֵת־ | ʾet} introduces the definite object ha-aretz {הָאָרֶץ | hā-ʾā-reṣ} ‘the land’.
Root and etymology
א־ר־צ
“earth, land”
In context — Joshua 18:6
And you shall write down the land in seven portions , and bring them here to me, and I will cast the lot for you here before the LORD our God .
About this coordinate
Joshua 18:6:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Joshua 18:6, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הָאָ֙רֶץ֙ (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.18.6.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.18.6.W3.S1) and character.