Numbers 13:20:2Num.13.20.W2TAB

הָ֠אָרֶץ

haaretz

the land

Transliteration
ha-A-retz
Extended
haa-AA-retz
IPA
/haːˈʔaːrets/

Meaning by language

English
the land

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
הָ֠ + אָ + רֶץ
ha + a + retz
haaretz

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Qametslong 'ah'
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Qametslong 'ah'
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Tsade Sofitfinal form of Tsade — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ha-A-retz

  2. phraseyour reading level

    u-MAH ha-A-retz

  3. clause

    u-MAH ha-A-retz hash-me-NAH hi-U im-ra-ZAH ha-YESH-BAH ETS im-AIN ve-hit-khaz-AK-tem u-le-kakh-TEM mi-PRI ha-A-retz

  4. sentence

    u-MAH ha-A-retz hash-me-NAH hi-U im-ra-ZAH ha-YESH-BAH ETS im-AIN ve-hit-khaz-AK-tem u-le-kakh-TEM mi-PRI ha-A-retz ve-ha-ya-MIM ye-MEI bi-ku-REI a-na-VIM

Root and etymology

RootAleph-Resh-Tsade

land, earth

In contextNumbers 13:20

And what about the land— is it fertile or lean ? Is there a tree within it or not? And you must strengthen yourselves and bring back some of the fruit of the land. Now the days were the days of the firstfruits of grapes.

About this coordinate

Numbers 13:20:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 13:20, so the Hebrew word הָ֠אָרֶץ (haaretz) 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.13.20.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.13.20.W2.S1) and character.