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
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
el-E-retz
- clause
KI ta-VO-u el-E-retz mo-shvo-TEI-khem a-SHER a-NI no-TEN la-KHEM
- 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 context — Numbers 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.