Numbers 13:20:5Num.13.20.W5TAB
אִם־רָזָ֗ה
imrazah
“or if it is lean”
- Transliteration
- im-ra-ZAH
- Extended
- imh-rah-ZAAH
- IPA
- /ʔim.raˈzaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- or if it is lean
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
im-ra-ZAH
- 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
- 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
Exegesis
A noun phrase ha-shemenah {הַשְּׁמֵנָה | ha-šə-mē-nā(h)} ‘the fertile one’ is contrasted with razah {רָזָה | rā-zā(h)} ‘lean’ through the conditional particle im {אִם | ʾim}, setting up a qualitative assessment of the soil.
Root and etymology
RootResh, Zayin, He
“to be lean, thin”
In context — Numbers 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 13:20:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 13:20, so the Hebrew word אִם־רָזָ֗ה (imrazah) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.13.20.W5.S1) and character.