Numbers 13:21:3Num.13.21.W3TAB
אֶת־הָאָ֑רֶץ
ethaaretz
“the land”
- Transliteration
- et-ha-A-retz
- Extended
- EET-hah-AA-retz
- IPA
- /ˈʔeːt.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
va-ya-TU-ru et-ha-A-retz
- clause
va-ya-a-LU va-ya-TU-ru et-ha-A-retz
- sentence
va-ya-a-LU va-ya-TU-ru et-ha-A-retz mi-mid-BAR-tsin ad-re-KHOV le-VO kha-MAT
Exegesis
The object marker ʾet-haʾāreṣ {אֶת־הָאָ֑רֶץ | ʾet-hā-ʾā-reṣ} specifies ‘the land’ as the focus.
Root and etymology
ʾ-r-ṣaleph-resh-tsade
“land, earth”
In context — Numbers 13:21
And they went up and scouted out the land from the wilderness of Zin as far as Rechov, toward the entrance of Hamath .
About this coordinate
Numbers 13:21:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 13:21, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הָאָ֑רֶץ (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.13.21.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.13.21.W3.S1) and character.