Numbers 14:8:10Num.14.8.W10TAB
אֶ֕רֶץ
eretz
“land”
- Transliteration
- E-retz
- Extended
- EH-retz
- IPA
- /ˈʔɛrɛts/
Meaning by language
- English
- land
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| 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
E-retz
- clause
E-retz a-SHER-HI za-VAT kha-LAV ud-VASH
- sentence
IM-kha-FETS ba-NU Ye-ho-VAH ve-he-VI o-TA-nu el-ha-A-retz ha-ZOT u-ne-ta-NAH la-NU E-retz a-SHER-HI za-VAT kha-LAV ud-VASH
Exegesis
The appositional restatement ’e-reṣ ’ă-šer hîʾ zā-ḇāṯ ḥā-lāḇ wə-ḏə-ḇāš {אֶרֶץ אֲשֶׁר־הִוא זָבַת חָלָב וּדְבָשׁ | ’e-reṣ ’ă-šer hîʾ zā-ḇāṯ ḥā-lāḇ wə-ḏə-ḇāš} ‘land which it is flowing with milk and honey’ highlights continuous abundance. The English preserves the protasis–apodosis structure, the vav-consecutive sequence, and the appositional emphasis.
Root and etymology
RootAleph-Resh-Ṣade
“land”
In context — Numbers 14:8
If the LORD is pleased with us, then He will bring us into this land and give it to us—a land which is flowing with milk and honey.
About this coordinate
Numbers 14:8:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Numbers 14:8, so the Hebrew word אֶ֕רֶץ (eretz) 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.14.8.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.8.W10.S1) and character.