Judges 18:10:5Judg.18.10.W5TAB
וְהָאָ֙רֶץ֙
vehaarets
“and the land”
- Transliteration
- ve-ha-A-rets
- Extended
- veh-haa-AH-rehts
- IPA
- /vəhaːˈʔaː.rɛts/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the land
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
ve-ha-A-rets
- clause
ke-vo-a-KHEM ta-VO-u el-AM bo-TE-akh ve-ha-A-rets ra-kha-VAT ya-DA-yim ki-ne-ta-NAH e-lo-HIM be-yed-KHEM
- sentence
ke-vo-a-KHEM ta-VO-u el-AM bo-TE-akh ve-ha-A-rets ra-kha-VAT ya-DA-yim ki-ne-ta-NAH e-lo-HIM be-yed-KHEM ma-KOM a-SHER EN-SHAM ma-khe-SOR kol-da-VAR a-SHER ba-A-rets
Exegesis
The construct chain wə-hā-ʾā-reṣ raḥăḇat yāḏayim {וְהָאָרֶץ רַחֲבַת יָדַיִם | wə-hā-ʾā-reṣ ra-ḥă-ḇat yā-ḏā-yim} ‘and the land of broadness of hands’ conveys idiomatic imagery of spacious territory.
Root and etymology
’-r-ṣaleph–resh–ṣade
“land, territory”
In context — Judges 18:10
When you enter, you will come upon a trusting people and a land is wide , for God has put it into your hands—a place where nothing of all that is in the land is lacking.
About this coordinate
Judges 18:10:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Judges 18:10, so the Hebrew word וְהָאָ֙רֶץ֙ (vehaarets) 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 Judg.18.10.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.18.10.W5.S1) and character.