Leviticus 25:23:1Lev.25.23.W1TAB
וְהָאָ֗רֶץ
vehhaharets
“and the land”
- Transliteration
- veh-hah-A-rets
- Extended
- veh-hah-AA-rets
- IPA
- /wə.haːˈʔa.rɛts/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the land
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
veh-hah-A-rets
- clause
veh-hah-A-rets LO tih-ma-KHEHR lits-mi-TUT kee-LEE ha-A-rets
- sentence
veh-hah-A-rets LO tih-ma-KHEHR lits-mi-TUT kee-LEE ha-A-rets kee-geh-REEM veh-toh-sha-VEEM a-TEM im-ma-DEE
Exegesis
The clause opens with vehaarets {וְהָאָ֗רֶץ | wə-hā-ʾā-reṣ} ‘and the land’, establishing the subject.
Root and etymology
ʾ-r-ṣaleph–resh–tsade
“land, earth”
In context — Leviticus 25:23
And the land shall not be sold for extinction , for the land is Mine ; for you are sojourners and resident aliens with Me.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 25:23:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 25:23, so the Hebrew word וְהָאָ֗רֶץ (vehhaharets) 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.25.23.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.25.23.W1.S1) and character.