Numbers 16:14:4Num.16.14.W4TAB
אֶל־אֶרֶץ
elerets
“into a land”
- Transliteration
- el-E-RETS
- Extended
- ehl-EH-retS
- IPA
- /ʔɛlˈʔɛrɛts/
Meaning by language
- English
- into a 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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Word in context
- word
el-E-RETS
- sentence
AF LO ha-ve-TA-nu el-E-RETS za-VAT kha-LAV u-de-VASH va-ti-TEN-LA-nu na-kha-LAT sa-DE va-KE-rem ha-ei-NEI ha-a-na-SHIM ha-HEM te-na-KER LO na-a-LE
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase ʾel-ʾereṣ zāḇeṯ ḥālāḇ û-ḏǝ-ḇāš {אֶל־אֶרֶץ זָבַת חָלָב וּדְבַשׁ | ʾel-ʾereṣ zāḇeṯ ḥālāḇ û-ḏǝ-ḇāš} specifies the desired destination, with the participle zāḇeṯ ‘flowing’ conveying ongoing abundance.
Root and etymology
א־ר־ץ
“land, territory”
In context — Numbers 16:14
Moreover, you have not brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey, nor given us an inheritance of fields and vineyards. Will you gouge out the eyes of these men? We will not go up.
About this coordinate
Numbers 16:14:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 16:14, so the Hebrew word אֶל־אֶרֶץ (elerets) 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.16.14.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.14.W4.S1) and character.