Numbers 14:2:11Num.14.2.W11TAB
בְּאֶ֣רֶץ
beeretz
“in the land of”
- Transliteration
- be-E-retz
- Extended
- beh-EH-retz
- IPA
- /bəˈʔɛrɛts/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the land of
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 mits-RA-yim
- clause
va-yo-MRU a-le-HEM KOL-ha-e-DAH lu-MAT-nu be-E-retz mits-RA-yim OH ba-mid-BAR ha-ZEH lu-MAT-nu
- sentence
va-yil-LO-nu al-MO-sheh ve-al-a-ha-RON KOL be-NEI yis-ra-EL va-yo-MRU a-le-HEM KOL-ha-e-DAH lu-MAT-nu be-E-retz mits-RA-yim OH ba-mid-BAR ha-ZEH lu-MAT-nu
Exegesis
The alternating location phrases be-eretz Mitsrayim {בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם | bᵊ-ʾe·reṣ Miṣ·rā·yim} and ba-midbar hazzeh {בַּמִּדְבָּר הַזֶּה | ba·mid·bār ha·zzeh} set a stark contrast between remembered bondage and present desolation. The repetition and parallelism underscore the depth of regret and despair.
Root and etymology
א־ר־ץ
“earth, land”
In context — Numbers 14:2
And all the sons of Israel grumbled against Moses and against Aaron, and the whole assembly said to them, “If only we had died in the land of Egypt, or if only we had died in this wilderness .”
About this coordinate
Numbers 14:2:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Numbers 14:2, 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.14.2.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.2.W11.S1) and character.