Leviticus 26:44:3Lev.26.44.W3TAB
בְּאֶ֣רֶץ
behehrets
“in the land”
- Transliteration
- beh-EH-rets
- Extended
- beh-EH-rets
- IPA
- /bəˈʔɛrɛts/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the land
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
beh-EH-rets
- phraseyour reading level
beh-EH-rets oy-veh-HEM
- clause
veh-af-gam-ZOT bih-he-yo-TAM beh-EH-rets oy-veh-HEM loh-meh-as-TEEM veh-loh-geh-al-TEEM leh-khahl-lo-TAAM leh-hah-FER beh-ree-TEE it-TAM
- sentence
veh-af-gam-ZOT bih-he-yo-TAM beh-EH-rets oy-veh-HEM loh-meh-as-TEEM veh-loh-geh-al-TEEM leh-khahl-lo-TAAM leh-hah-FER beh-ree-TEE it-TAM KI a-NI Yeh-ho-VAH e-lo-HEE-hem
Exegesis
The circumstantial clause bihyotam be-erets oyveihem {בִּֽהְיוֹתָ֞ם בְּאֶ֣רֶץ אֹֽיְבֵיהֶם | bə-hî-yō-ṯā-m bə-ʾereṣ ʾô-yᵊ-wê-hem} frames the context of exile.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–resh–tsade
“land, territory”
In context — Leviticus 26:44
And yet when they are in the land of their enemies, I have not rejected them, nor have I abhorred them so as to destroy them utterly or to break my covenant with them; for I am the LORD their God.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 26:44:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Leviticus 26:44, so the Hebrew word בְּאֶ֣רֶץ (behehrets) 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.26.44.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.26.44.W3.S1) and character.