Numbers 20:17:2Num.20.17.W2TAB
בְאַרְצֶ֗ךָ
veartsekha
“through your land”
- Transliteration
- ve-ar-TSE-kha
- Extended
- veh-ar-TSEH-kha
- IPA
- /və.ʔarˈtsɛxa/
Meaning by language
- English
- through your 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 | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ar-TSE-kha
- phraseyour reading level
na-av-RAH-NA ve-ar-TSE-kha
- clause
na-av-RAH-NA ve-ar-TSE-kha LO na-a-VOR be-sa-DEH u-ve-KE-rem ve-LO nish-TEH MEI ve-ER
- sentence
na-av-RAH-NA ve-ar-TSE-kha LO na-a-VOR be-sa-DEH u-ve-KE-rem ve-LO nish-TEH MEI ve-ER DE-rekh ha-ME-lekh nei-LEKH LO ni-TEH ya-MIN u-se-MOL AD a-SHER-na-a-VOR ge-vu-LE-kha
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase be-artse-kha {בְאַרְצֶ֗ךָ | bəʾar-tsə-kha} specifies the territory. A sequence of negations (lo … na'avor; ve-lo …
In context — Numbers 20:17
Please let us pass through your land. We will not travel through a field or vineyard, nor will we drink water from a well. We will remain on the king’s road and will not turn aside to the right or to the left until we have gone beyond your border.
About this coordinate
Numbers 20:17:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 20:17, so the Hebrew word בְאַרְצֶ֗ךָ (veartsekha) 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.20.17.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.20.17.W2.S1) and character.