Joshua 22:13:7Josh.22.13.W7TAB
אֶל־אֶ֣רֶץ
elerets
“to the land”
- Transliteration
- el-E-RETs
- Extended
- el-EH-rets
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.ˈʔɛrɛts/
Meaning by language
- English
- to 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 | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| 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
el-E-RETs
- phraseyour reading level
el-E-RETs ha-gil-AD
- clause
va-yish-le-KHU ve-NEI-YIS-ra-EL el-be-NEI-re-u-VEN ve-EL-be-NEI-GAD ve-EL-kha-TSI SHE-vet-me-na-SHEH el-E-RETs ha-gil-AD
- sentence
va-yish-le-KHU ve-NEI-YIS-ra-EL el-be-NEI-re-u-VEN ve-EL-be-NEI-GAD ve-EL-kha-TSI SHE-vet-me-na-SHEH el-E-RETs ha-gil-AD et-PIN-khas ben-el-a-ZAR ha-ko-HEN
Exegesis
The geographic phrase el-eretz-ha-gilad {אֶל־אֶ֣רֶץ הַגִּלְעָ֑ד | ʾel ʾereṣ ha gillāʿaḏ} marks the land of Gilead.
Root and etymology
א־ר־ץ
“land”
In context — Joshua 22:13
And Israel’s people sent Phinehas , son of Eleazar the priest, to the Reubenites, to the Gadites, and to the half tribe of Manasseh in the land of Gilead.
About this coordinate
Joshua 22:13:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Joshua 22:13, so the Hebrew word אֶל־אֶ֣רֶץ (elerets) 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.22.13.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.22.13.W7.S1) and character.