Leviticus 20:4:5Lev.20.4.W5TAB
הָאָ֜רֶץ
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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Word in context
- word
ha-A-rets
- phraseyour reading level
ha-e-LEM ya-e-li-MOO AM ha-A-rets
- clause
ve-IM ha-e-LEM ya-e-li-MOO AM ha-A-rets et-ey-NEI-HEM min-ha-ISH ha-HU be-tit-TO mi-zar-O la-MO-lekh
- sentence
ve-IM ha-e-LEM ya-e-li-MOO AM ha-A-rets et-ey-NEI-HEM min-ha-ISH ha-HU be-tit-TO mi-zar-O la-MO-lekh le-vil-TI ha-MIT o-TO
Exegesis
The construct phrase am ha'arets {עַם הָאָרֶץ | ʿam hā-ʾāreṣ} ‘people of the land’ designates the corporate subject responsible for enforcement.
In context — Leviticus 20:4
And if the people of the land willfully hide their eyes from that man when he gives his offspring to Molekh, so as not to put him to death—
About this coordinate
Leviticus 20:4:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Leviticus 20:4, so the Hebrew word הָאָ֜רֶץ (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.20.4.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.20.4.W5.S1) and character.