Joshua 22:9:17Josh.22.9.W17TAB
אֶל־אֶ֤רֶץ
eleretz
“to the land”
- Transliteration
- el-E-retz
- Extended
- el-EH-retz
- IPA
- /ʔɛlʔɛˈrɛts/
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 a-khu-za-TAM
- clause
la-le-KHET el-E-retz hag-gil-AD el-E-retz a-khu-za-TAM a-SHER no-a-kha-ZU-VAH al-PI Ye-ho-VAH be-YAD-MO-sheh
- sentence
va-ya-SHU-vu va-ye-LE-khu be-NEI-re-u-VEN u-ve-NEI-GAD va-kha-TSI SHE-vet ham-na-SHEH me-ET be-NEI yis-ra-EL mi-shi-LO a-SHER be-E-retz-ke-na-AN la-le-KHET el-E-retz hag-gil-AD el-E-retz a-khu-za-TAM a-SHER no-a-kha-ZU-VAH al-PI Ye-ho-VAH be-YAD-MO-sheh
Root and etymology
א־ר־ץ
“land”
In context — Joshua 22:9
So the sons of Reuben, the sons of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh left the people of Israel at Shiloh in the land of Canaan and went to Gilead, to the territory they possessed by the command of the LORD through Moses.
About this coordinate
Joshua 22:9:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Joshua 22:9, so the Hebrew word אֶל־אֶ֤רֶץ (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.22.9.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.22.9.W17.S1) and character.