Numbers 14:23:2Num.14.23.W2TAB
אֶת־הָאָ֔רֶץ
ethaaretz
“the land”
- Transliteration
- ET-ha-A-retz
- Extended
- EET-hah-AA-retz
- IPA
- /ʔeːt-haˈʔaːrɛts/
Meaning by language
- English
- the land
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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
ET-ha-A-retz
- clause
IM-YIR-u ET-ha-A-retz a-SHER nish-BA-ti la-a-vo-TAM
- sentence
IM-YIR-u ET-ha-A-retz a-SHER nish-BA-ti la-a-vo-TAM ve-KHOL-me-na-a-TSAY LO yir-u-HA
Exegesis
The direct object marker et {אֶת | ʾet} ‘direct object marker’ identifies ha-aretz {הָאָ֔רֶץ | hāʾāreṣ} ‘the land’ as the focal theme.
Root and etymology
ʾ-r-ṣaleph–resh–tsade
“earth, land”
In context — Numbers 14:23
None of them will see the land that I swore to their fathers, and all who despise Me will not see it.
About this coordinate
Numbers 14:23:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 14:23, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הָאָ֔רֶץ (ethaaretz) 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.14.23.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.23.W2.S1) and character.