Joshua 18:9:4Josh.18.9.W4TAB
בָאָ֔רֶץ
vaaretz
“in the land”
- Transliteration
- va-A-retz
- Extended
- vaa-AH-retz
- IPA
- /vaːˈʔaːrɛts/
Meaning by language
- English
- in 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-retz
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-AV-ru va-A-retz
- clause
va-yeL-KHU ha-a-na-SHIM va-ya-AV-ru va-A-retz va-yikh-te-voo-HA le-a-RIM le-shiv-AH kha-la-KIM al-SE-fer
- sentence
va-yeL-KHU ha-a-na-SHIM va-ya-AV-ru va-A-retz va-yikh-te-voo-HA le-a-RIM le-shiv-AH kha-la-KIM al-SE-fer va-ya-VO-u el-ye-ho-SHU-a el-ha-ma-kha-NEH shi-LO
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase ba’aretz {בָּאָ֔רֶץ | bā-’ā-reṣ} ‘in the land’ locates their movement, while vayiktevuhah {וַיִּכְתְּב֧וּהָ | way-yik-tə-bû-hā} ‘wrote it’ uses a suffixed pronoun to refer back to the land, emphasizing documentation.
In context — Joshua 18:9
So the men went and passed through the land, and they wrote it down by cities into seven portions on a scroll . Then they came to Joshua at the camp in Shiloh.
About this coordinate
Joshua 18:9:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Joshua 18:9, so the Hebrew word בָאָ֔רֶץ (vaaretz) 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.18.9.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.18.9.W4.S1) and character.