Leviticus 18:28:2Lev.18.28.W2TAB
הָאָ֙רֶץ֙
haarets
“the land”
- Transliteration
- ha-A-rets
- Extended
- haa-AA-rets
- IPA
- /haˈʔaːrɛts/
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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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-A-rets
- phraseyour reading level
veh-loh-ta-KEE ha-A-rets
- clause
veh-loh-ta-KEE ha-A-rets et-KHEM beh-ta-ma-a-KHEM o-TAH
- sentence
veh-loh-ta-KEE ha-A-rets et-KHEM beh-ta-ma-a-KHEM o-TAH ka-a-SHER ka-A et-ha-GOY a-SHER lif-NE-khem
Exegesis
The verb taqi {תָקִיא | tāqīʾ} personifies haarets {הָאָרֶץ | hā-ʾā-reṣ} as the agent expelling its inhabitants.
Root and etymology
Rootʾ-r-ts
“earth, land”
In context — Leviticus 18:28
Lest the land vomit you out in your defiling , just as it vomited out the nation before you.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 18:28:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Leviticus 18:28, so the Hebrew word הָאָ֙רֶץ֙ (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.18.28.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.18.28.W2.S1) and character.