Numbers 16:34:9Num.16.34.W9TAB
הָאָרֶץ׃
haaretz
“by the earth”
- Transliteration
- ha-A-retz
- Extended
- hah-AA-retz
- IPA
- /haːˈʔaːrɛts/
Meaning by language
- English
- by the earth
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
- sentence
ve-KHOL-yis-ra-EL a-SHER se-vi-vo-TE-hem na-SU le-ko-LAM KI am-RU pen-niv-la-E-nu ha-A-retz
Exegesis
The imperfect tivla'einu {תִּבְלָעֵנוּ | tivlā-ʿēnû} ‘it may swallow us’ projects potential action, with haaretz {הָאָרֶץ | hā-ʾā-reṣ} ‘the earth’ as the agent in a figurative judgment.
Root and etymology
ʾ-r-ṣaleph-resh-tsade
“earth, land”
In context — Numbers 16:34
All Israel who were around them fled at their cry, for they said, “Lest the earth swallow us up.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 16:34:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Numbers 16:34, so the Hebrew word הָאָרֶץ׃ (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.16.34.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.34.W9.S1) and character.