Numbers 18:20:4Num.18.20.W4TAB
בְּאַרְצָם֙
beartsam
“in their land”
- Transliteration
- be-ar-TSAM
- Extended
- beh-ar-TSAHM
- IPA
- /bə.ʔarˈtsam/
Meaning by language
- English
- in their land
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
be-ar-TSAM
- clause
va-yo-MER Ye-ho-VAH el-a-ha-RON be-ar-TSAM LO tin-KHAL ve-HE-lek lo-yi-hye le-KHA be-to-KHAM
- sentence
va-yo-MER Ye-ho-VAH el-a-ha-RON be-ar-TSAM LO tin-KHAL ve-HE-lek lo-yi-hye le-KHA be-to-KHAM a-NI khel-ke-KHA ve-na-cha-lat-KHA be-TOKH be-NEI yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase be-artzām {בְּאַרְצָם֙ | bəʾarṣām} ‘in their land’ frames the geographic scope.
In context — Numbers 18:20
And the LORD said to Aaron, “You will have no inheritance in their land nor any portion among them; I am your inheritance among the sons of Israel.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 18:20:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 18:20, so the Hebrew word בְּאַרְצָם֙ (beartsam) 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.18.20.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.18.20.W4.S1) and character.