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
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| 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
be-E-retz
- phraseyour reading level
be-E-retz ha-NE-gev
- clause
a-ma-LEK yo-SHEV be-E-retz ha-NE-gev
- 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 context — Numbers 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.