Numbers 13:28:5Num.13.28.W5TAB

בָּאָ֑רֶץ

baaretz

in the land

Transliteration
ba-A-retz
Extended
baa-AH-retz
IPA
/baːˈʔaːrɛts/

Meaning by language

English
in the land

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
בָּ + אָ֑ + רֶץ
ba + a + retz
baaretz

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
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

    ba-A-retz

  2. clause

    E-fes ki-AZ ha-AM ha-yo-SHEV ba-A-retz

  3. sentence

    E-fes ki-AZ ha-AM ha-yo-SHEV ba-A-retz ve-he-a-RIM be-tsu-ROT ge-do-LOT me-OD ve-GAM-ye-li-DEI ha-a-NAK ra-i-NU SHAM

Exegesis

The locative phrase ba-’aretz {בָּאָ֑רֶץ | bā-ʾā-reṣ} completes the clause.

Root and etymology

RootAleph-Resh-Tsade

land, earth

In contextNumbers 13:28

However, the people dwelling in the land are strong, and the cities are fortified and very large, and also the offspring of Anak we saw there.

About this coordinate

Numbers 13:28:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 13:28, so the Hebrew word בָּאָ֑רֶץ (baaretz) 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.13.28.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.13.28.W5.S1) and character.