Leviticus 18:25:7Lev.18.25.W7TAB
הָאָ֖רֶץ
haarets
“the land”
- Transliteration
- ha-A-rets
- Extended
- hah-AA-rets
- IPA
- /haː.ˈʔaː.rɛts/
Meaning by language
- English
- the land
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
ha-A-rets
- phraseyour reading level
va-ta-KI ha-A-rets
- clause
va-ta-KI ha-A-rets et-yosh-VE-ya
- sentence
va-tit-MA ha-A-rets va-ef-KOD a-vo-NAH a-LE-ya va-ta-KI ha-A-rets et-yosh-VE-ya
Exegesis
The repetition of haʾarets {הָאָ֔רֶץ | hā·ʾā·reṣ} ‘the land’ at clause openings underscores its thematic centrality.
Root and etymology
RootAleph-Resh-Tsade
“earth, land”
In context — Leviticus 18:25
And the land became defiled, and I attended to its iniquity upon it, and the land vomited out its inhabitants.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 18:25:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Leviticus 18:25, so the Hebrew word הָאָ֖רֶץ (haarets) 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.18.25.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.18.25.W7.S1) and character.