Leviticus 19:29:7Lev.19.29.W7TAB
הָאָ֖רֶץ
haarets
“the land”
- Transliteration
- ha-A-rets
- Extended
- hah-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
u-mal-AH ha-A-rets
- clause
ve-lo-tiz-NEH ha-A-rets u-mal-AH ha-A-rets zim-MAH
- sentence
al-te-kha-LEL et-bit-KHA le-haz-no-TAH ve-lo-tiz-NEH ha-A-rets u-mal-AH ha-A-rets zim-MAH
Exegesis
The chiastic repetition of ha-arets {הָאָ֔רֶץ | hā-ʾā-reṣ} with the perfect verb umalah {וּמָלְאָ֥ה | ū-mā-lāh} accentuates the cause-and-effect relationship.
Root and etymology
א־ר־ץ
“land, earth”
In context — Leviticus 19:29
Do not profane your daughter by making her a prostitute, and do not prostitute the land, or the land will be filled with depravity .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 19:29:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Leviticus 19:29, 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.19.29.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.19.29.W7.S1) and character.