Numbers 13:32:3Num.13.32.W3TAB

הָאָ֙רֶץ֙

haaretz

of the land

Transliteration
ha-A-retz
Extended
hah-AA-retz
IPA
/haːˈʔaːrɛts/

Meaning by language

English
of the land

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
הָ + אָ֙ + רֶץ֙
ha + a + retz
haaretz

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
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

    ha-A-retz

  2. phraseyour reading level

    di-BAT ha-A-retz

  3. clause

    va-yo-TSI-u di-BAT ha-A-retz a-SHER ta-RU o-TAH el-be-NEI yis-ra-EL le-MOR

  4. sentence

    va-yo-TSI-u di-BAT ha-A-retz a-SHER ta-RU o-TAH el-be-NEI yis-ra-EL le-MOR ha-A-retz a-SHER a-var-NU BAH la-TUR o-TAH E-retz o-KHE-let yosh-ve-HA HU ve-KHOL-ha-AM a-SHER-ra-I-nu be-to-KHA an-SHEI mi-DOT

Exegesis

The construct dibbat ha’aretz {דִּבַּת הָאָ֙רֶץ֙ | dib-bat hā-’ā-reṣ} serves as the direct object, defining the report as malicious.

Root and etymology

RootAleph-Resh-Tsade

land, earth

In contextNumbers 13:32

And they brought out a slanderous report of the land which they had spied out to the sons of Israel, saying, “The land which we have passed through to scout it out is a land devouring its inhabitants , and all the people whom we saw in its midst are men of great stature .”

About this coordinate

Numbers 13:32:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 13:32, so the Hebrew word הָאָ֙רֶץ֙ (haaretz) 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.13.32.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.13.32.W3.S1) and character.