Numbers 14:36:5Num.14.36.W5TAB
אֶת־הָאָ֑רֶץ
ethaaretz
“the land”
- Transliteration
- ET-ha-A-retz
- Extended
- EET-hah-AA-retz
- IPA
- /ˈʔeːt-haːˈʔaːrɛts/
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
- phraseyour reading level
la-TUR ET-ha-A-retz
- clause
ve-ha-a-na-SHIM a-SHER-SHA-lakh mo-SHEH la-TUR ET-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.
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 14:36:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 14:36, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הָאָ֑רֶץ (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.14.36.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.36.W5.S1) and character.