Numbers 13:17:5Num.13.17.W5TAB
אֶת־אֶ֣רֶץ
eteretz
“the land of”
- Transliteration
- ET-E-retz
- Extended
- EET-EH-retz
- IPA
- /ˈʔeːt.ˈʔɛrɛts/
Meaning by language
- English
- the land of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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
ET-E-retz
- phraseyour reading level
ET-E-retz ke-NA-an
- clause
va-yish-LAKH o-TAM mo-SHEH la-TUR ET-E-retz ke-NA-an
- sentence
va-yish-LAKH o-TAM mo-SHEH la-TUR ET-E-retz ke-NA-an va-yo-MER a-le-HEM a-LU ZEH ba-NE-gev va-a-li-TEM ET-ha-HAR
Exegesis
The infinitive latur {לָת֖וּר | lā-tur} expresses purpose (‘to scout’), with et-eretz Kena‘an {אֶת־אֶ֣רֶץ כְּנָ֑עַן | ʾet-ʾe-reṣ kĕ-nā-ʿan} as its object.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph-resh-tsade
“land”
In context — Numbers 13:17
And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and he said to them, “Go up here through the Negev and go up into the hill country.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 13:17:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 13:17, so the Hebrew word אֶת־אֶ֣רֶץ (eteretz) 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 Num.13.17.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.13.17.W5.S1) and character.