Numbers 14:36:12Num.14.36.W12TAB
עַל־הָאָֽרֶץ׃
alhaaretz
“against the land”
- Transliteration
- al-ha-A-retz
- Extended
- ahl-hah-AA-retz
- IPA
- /ʕal-haːˈʔaːrɛts/
Meaning by language
- English
- against the land
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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
al-ha-A-retz
- clause
va-ya-SHU-vu va-ya-LI-nu a-LAV ET-KOL-ha-e-DAH le-ho-TZI di-BAH al-ha-A-retz
- sentence
ve-ha-a-na-SHIM a-SHER-SHA-lakh mo-SHEH la-TUR ET-ha-A-retz va-ya-SHU-vu va-ya-LI-nu a-LAV ET-KOL-ha-e-DAH le-ho-TZI di-BAH al-ha-A-retz
Exegesis
The preposition et {אֶת | ʾet} ‘{accusative marker}’ marks haʾaretz {הָאָ֑רֶץ | hā-ʾā-rèṣ} ‘the land’ as direct object.
Finally, the purpose infinitive lehotzi {לְהוֹצִ֥יא | lə-hō-ṣî-ʾ} ‘to bring out’ takes dibbah {דִבָּ֖ה | dib-bāh} ‘a bad report’ and the preposition al {עַל | ʿal} introduces the land as its object. This structure highlights the shift from a reconnaissance mission to communal unrest, with the Hiphil forms conveying causative action.
Root and etymology
RootAleph-Resh-Ṣade
“land”
In context — Numbers 14:36
And the men whom Moses had sent to explore the land returned and provoked all the congregation to complain against him by spreading a bad report about the land.
About this coordinate
Numbers 14:36:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Numbers 14:36, so the Hebrew word עַל־הָאָֽרֶץ׃ (alhaaretz) 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.14.36.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.36.W12.S1) and character.