Leviticus 20:24:11Lev.20.24.W11TAB
אֶ֛רֶץ
erets
“land”
- Transliteration
- E-rets
- Extended
- EH-rets
- IPA
- /ˈʔɛ.rɛts/
Meaning by language
- English
- land
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Alphabet Analysis
| 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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Word in context
- word
E-rets
- clause
va-o-MAR la-KHEM AT-tem teer-SHOO et-ad-ma-TAM va-a-NI et-ne-NAH la-KHEM la-RE-shet o-TAH E-rets za-VAT kha-LAV u-DVASH
- sentence
va-o-MAR la-KHEM AT-tem teer-SHOO et-ad-ma-TAM va-a-NI et-ne-NAH la-KHEM la-RE-shet o-TAH E-rets za-VAT kha-LAV u-DVASH a-NI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HAY-khem a-SHER-hiv-DAL-ti et-KHEM min-ha-a-MEEM
Exegesis
The noun phrase erets zavat khalav udvash {אֶ֛רֶץ זָבַ֥ת חָלָ֖ב וּדְבָ֑שׁ | ʾe-reṣ zā-ḇat ḥā-lāḇ u-ḏə-ḇāš} depicts a land characterized by continual abundance through the participle zavat ‘flowing’.
In context — Leviticus 20:24
But I said to you, "You will inherit their land, and I will give it to you to possess—a land flowing with milk and honey. I am the LORD your God , who has set you apart from the nations."
About this coordinate
Leviticus 20:24:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Leviticus 20:24, so the Hebrew word אֶ֛רֶץ (erets) 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.20.24.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.20.24.W11.S1) and character.