Leviticus 18:27:5Lev.18.27.W5TAB
אַנְשֵֽׁי־הָאָ֖רֶץ
ansheihaarets
“the people of the land”
- Transliteration
- an-SHEI-ha-A-rets
- Extended
- an-SHEE-hah-AA-rets
- IPA
- /ʔanˈʃeː.haːˈʔaːrɛts/
Meaning by language
- English
- the people of the land
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
an-SHEI-ha-A-rets
- phraseyour reading level
a-SU an-SHEI-ha-A-rets
- clause
KI et-KOL-ha-to-e-VOT ha-EL a-SU an-SHEI-ha-A-rets a-SHER lif-NEI-khem
- sentence
KI et-KOL-ha-to-e-VOT ha-EL a-SU an-SHEI-ha-A-rets a-SHER lif-NEI-khem va-tit-MA ha-A-rets
Exegesis
The Qal perfect verb ʿāśû {עָשׂוּ | ʿā-śû} denotes completed action by ʾănšê-hāʾāreṣ {אַנְשֵׁי־הָאָרֶץ | ʾăn-šê-hāʾ-ā-reṣ} ‘the people of the land,’ specified by the relative clause ʾăšer lîpnê-kem {אֲשֶׁר לִפְנֵיכֶם | ʾă-šer lî-pnê-kem} ‘who were before you.’
Root and etymology
ʾ-r-ṣAleph–Resh–Tsade
“land”
In context — Leviticus 18:27
For all these abominations , the people of the land who were before you did them, and the land has become defiled .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 18:27:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Leviticus 18:27, so the Hebrew word אַנְשֵֽׁי־הָאָ֖רֶץ (ansheihaarets) 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.18.27.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.18.27.W5.S1) and character.