Leviticus 14:34:3Lev.14.34.W3TAB
אֶל־אֶ֣רֶץ
elehrets
“into the land of”
- Transliteration
- el-EH-rets
- Extended
- el-EH-rets
- IPA
- /ʔel.ˈʔɛ.rɛts/
Meaning by language
- English
- into the land of
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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-EH-rets
- phraseyour reading level
el-EH-rets ke-NA-an
- clause
KI ta-VO-OO el-EH-rets ke-NA-an a-SHER a-NI no-TEN la-KHEM la-a-khu-ZA
- sentence
KI ta-VO-OO el-EH-rets ke-NA-an a-SHER a-NI no-TEN la-KHEM la-a-khu-ZA ve-na-ta-TI NE-ga tsa-RA-at be-VEET E-rets a-khu-ZAT-khem
Exegesis
The destination is specified by the prepositional phrase el-arets {אֶל־אֶ֣רֶץ | ʾel-ʾereṣ} ‘into the land’, followed by the proper noun kənā‘ān {כְּנַעַן | kənā‘ān} ‘Canaan’.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph-resh-tsade
“land”
In context — Leviticus 14:34
When you enter the land of Canaan, which I am giving to you as a possession , and I put an affliction of leprosy in a house in the land of your possession;
About this coordinate
Leviticus 14:34:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Leviticus 14:34, so the Hebrew word אֶל־אֶ֣רֶץ (elehrets) 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 Lev.14.34.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.14.34.W3.S1) and character.