Numbers 15:2:8Num.15.2.W8TAB

אֶל־אֶ֙רֶץ֙

eleretz

into the land

Transliteration
el-E-retz
Extended
ehl-EH-retz
IPA
/ʔɛl.ˈʔɛrɛts/

Meaning by language

English
into the land

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
אֶל + אֶ֙ + רֶץ֙
el + e + retz
eleretz

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Lamedl as in law
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Tsade Sofitfinal form of Tsade — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    el-E-retz

  2. clause

    KI ta-VO-u el-E-retz mo-shvo-TEI-khem a-SHER a-NI no-TEN la-KHEM

  3. sentence

    da-BER el-be-NEI yis-ra-EL ve-a-mar-TA a-le-HEM KI ta-VO-u el-E-retz mo-shvo-TEI-khem a-SHER a-NI no-TEN la-KHEM

Exegesis

The construct phrase eretz moshvoteichem {אֶרֶץ מוֹשְׁבֹתֵיכֶם | ʾereṣ mōšvō-ṯē-khem} ‘land of your dwellings’ denotes possession and enduring inheritance.

Root and etymology

א־ר־ץ

land; earth

In contextNumbers 15:2

Speak to the sons of Israel, and you shall say to them, “When you come into the land of your dwellings which I am giving to you.”

About this coordinate

Numbers 15:2:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Numbers 15:2, so the Hebrew word אֶל־אֶ֙רֶץ֙ (eleretz) 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.15.2.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.15.2.W8.S1) and character.