Joshua 22:15:6Josh.22.15.W6TAB
אֶל־אֶ֣רֶץ
eleretz
“to the land”
- Transliteration
- el-E-RETZ
- Extended
- el-EH-retz
- IPA
- /ʔel.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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The word
Word in context
- word
el-E-RETZ
- phraseyour reading level
el-E-RETZ hag-gil-AD
- clause
va-ya-VO-u el-be-NEI-re-u-VEN ve-EL-be-NEI-GAD ve-EL-kha-TSI SHE-vet-me-na-SHEH el-E-RETZ hag-gil-AD
- sentence
va-ya-VO-u el-be-NEI-re-u-VEN ve-EL-be-NEI-GAD ve-EL-kha-TSI SHE-vet-me-na-SHEH el-E-RETZ hag-gil-AD va-ye-dab-ROO it-TAM le-MOR
Exegesis
The noun eretz {אֶרֶץ | ʾe-reṣ} in ha-gil‘āḏ {הַגִּלְעָד | ha gil-ʿāḏ} specifies the region.
Root and etymology
א־ר־ץ
“land”
In context — Joshua 22:15
They approached the descendants of Reuben, the descendants of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh in the land of Gilead, and they addressed them, saying:
About this coordinate
Joshua 22:15:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Joshua 22:15, so the Hebrew word אֶל־אֶ֣רֶץ (eleretz) 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.22.15.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.22.15.W6.S1) and character.