Numbers 14:7:5Num.14.7.W5TAB
הָאָ֗רֶץ
haaretz
“the land”
- Transliteration
- ha-A-retz
- Extended
- haa-AA-retz
- IPA
- /haːˈʔaːrɛts/
Meaning by language
- English
- the land
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
ha-A-retz
- clause
ha-A-retz a-SHER a-VAR-nu BAH la-TUR o-TAH to-VAH ha-A-retz me-OD me-OD
- sentence
va-yo- MER-u el-KOL-a-DAHT be-NEI-yis-ra-EL lei-MOR ha-A-retz a-SHER a-VAR-nu BAH la-TUR o-TAH to-VAH ha-A-retz me-OD me-OD
Exegesis
The relative clause haaretz asher avarnu bah latur otah {הָאָ֗רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֨ר עָבַרְנוּ בָהּ לָתוּר אֹתָ֔הּ | hā-ʾāreṣ ʾă-šer ʿāvarnû bāh lāṭūr ʾōṯāh} combines a finite verb with an infinitive construct to preserve Hebrew’s nuance of purpose within direct speech.
The phrase tovah haaretz meod meod {טוֹבָה הָאָ֖רֶץ מְאֹד מְאֹֽד | ṭôvāh hā-ʾāreṣ mə-ʾōḏ mə-ʾōḏ} utilizes an adjective followed by a doubled adverb, the Hebrew idiom of emphatic doubling, to convey superlative force.
Root and etymology
א־ר־ץ
“land, earth”
In context — Numbers 14:7
And they said to all the congregation of the sons of Israel, “The land we passed through to spy out is very good, indeed exceedingly .”
About this coordinate
Numbers 14:7:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 14:7, so the Hebrew word הָאָ֗רֶץ (haaretz) 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.14.7.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.7.W5.S1) and character.