Leviticus 16:22:5Lev.16.22.W5TAB
אֶל־אֶ֣רֶץ
elerets
“to a land”
- Transliteration
- el-E-RETS
- Extended
- ehl-EH-RETS
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.ˈʔɛrɛts/
Meaning by language
- English
- to a 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-RETS
- phraseyour reading level
el-E-RETS ge-ze-RAH
- clause
veh-na-SA ha-sa-EER a-LAV et-KOL-a-vo-NO-tam el-E-RETS ge-ze-RAH
- sentence
veh-na-SA ha-sa-EER a-LAV et-KOL-a-vo-NO-tam el-E-RETS ge-ze-RAH veh-shi-LAKH et-ha-sa-EER ba-mid-BAR
Exegesis
The destination is expressed by ʾel-ʾe-reṣ gĕ-zē-rāh {אֶל־אֶרֶץ גְּזֵרָה | ʾel-ʾe-reṣ gĕ-zē-rāh} “to a land of separation,” a construct of preposition + noun + noun.
In context — Leviticus 16:22
And the goat will bear upon itself all their iniquities to a land of separation, and he shall release the goat in the wilderness.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 16:22:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Leviticus 16:22, 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 Lev.16.22.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.16.22.W5.S1) and character.