Numbers 14:3:5Num.14.3.W5TAB
אֶל־הָאָ֤רֶץ
elhaaretz
“into the land”
- Transliteration
- el-ha-A-retz
- Extended
- ehl-hah-AA-retz
- IPA
- /ʔelhaˈʔaːrɛts/
Meaning by language
- English
- into 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 | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
el-ha-A-retz
- phraseyour reading level
el-ha-A-retz ha-ZOT
- clause
ve-la-MAH Ye-ho-VAH me-vi o-ta-NU el-ha-A-retz ha-ZOT lin-POL ba-KHE-rev na-SHE-nu ve-ta-PE-nu yih-YU la-VAZ
- sentence
ve-la-MAH Ye-ho-VAH me-vi o-ta-NU el-ha-A-retz ha-ZOT lin-POL ba-KHE-rev na-SHE-nu ve-ta-PE-nu yih-YU la-VAZ ha-LO TOV la-NU SHUV mits-ra-Y-ma
Exegesis
The phrase otanu el-ha-arets hazot {אֹתָנוּ אֶל־הָאָרֶץ הַזֹּאת | ʾō-ṯā-nû ʾel-hā-ʾā-reṣ haz-zôt} “us to this land” specifies recipients and destination, with el-ha-ʾāreṣ linked by maqqef.
Root and etymology
RootAleph-Resh-Ṣade
“land”
In context — Numbers 14:3
And why is the LORD bringing us to this land to fall by the sword and to have our wives and our little ones become plunder? Would it not be good for us to return to Egypt?
About this coordinate
Numbers 14:3:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 14:3, so the Hebrew word אֶל־הָאָ֤רֶץ (elhaaretz) 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.14.3.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.3.W5.S1) and character.