Numbers 13:18:2Num.13.18.W2TAB
אֶת־הָאָ֖רֶץ
ethaaretz
“the land”
- Transliteration
- et-ha-A-retz
- Extended
- eet-ha-AA-retz
- IPA
- /ʔeːt haːˈʔaːrɛts/
Meaning by language
- English
- the land
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 | |
| 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
et-ha-A-retz
- phraseyour reading level
u-re-i-TEM et-ha-A-retz
- clause
u-re-i-TEM et-ha-A-retz ma-HU
- sentence
u-re-i-TEM et-ha-A-retz ma-HU ve-et-ha-AM ha-yo-SHEV a-le-HA he-kha-ZAK HU ha-ra-FEH ham-AT HU im-RAV
Exegesis
The direct object marker et {אֶת־ | ʾeṯ} introduces ha’aretz {הָאָ֖רֶץ | hā-ʾā-reṣ} ‘the land,’ followed by the interrogative mah {מַה־ | māh} ‘what’ and the copular pronoun hi {הִ֑וא | hî} ‘it is,’ forming a question about the land’s character.
Root and etymology
ʾ-r-ṣ
“earth, land”
In context — Numbers 13:18
And you shall see the land —what it is—and the people who dwell on it, whether they are strong or weak , few or many.
About this coordinate
Numbers 13:18:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 13:18, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הָאָ֖רֶץ (ethaaretz) 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.13.18.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.13.18.W2.S1) and character.