Numbers 13:29:3Num.13.29.W3TAB

בְּאֶ֣רֶץ

beeretz

in the land

Transliteration
be-E-retz
Extended
beh-EH-retṣ
IPA
/bəˈʔɛrɛts/

Meaning by language

English
in the land

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
בְּ + אֶ֣ + רֶץ
be + e + retz
beeretz

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
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

    be-E-retz

  2. phraseyour reading level

    be-E-retz ha-NE-gev

  3. clause

    a-ma-LEK yo-SHEV be-E-retz ha-NE-gev

  4. sentence

    a-ma-LEK yo-SHEV be-E-retz ha-NE-gev ve-ha-KHI-ti ve-ha-ye-vu-SI ve-ha-e-mo-RI yo-SHEV ba-HAR ve-ha-ke-na-a-NI yo-SHEV al-ha-YAM ve-AL YAD ha-yar-DEN

Exegesis

The locative phrase be-eretz ha-negev {בְּאֶרֶץ הַנֶּגֶב | bə-ʾe-reṣ ha-nē-ḡev} functions as Amalek’s territorial marker.

Root and etymology

RootAleph-Resh-Tsade

land, earth

In contextNumbers 13:29

Amalek dwells in the land of the Negev ; and the Hittite, the Jebusite, and the Amorite dwell in the hill country; and the Canaanite dwells by the sea and beside the Jordan .

About this coordinate

Numbers 13:29:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 13:29, so the Hebrew word בְּאֶ֣רֶץ (beeretz) 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.13.29.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.13.29.W3.S1) and character.