Numbers 20:23:7Num.20.23.W7TAB
אֶֽרֶץ־אֱד֖וֹם
eretzedom
“of the land of Edom”
- Transliteration
- E-retz-e-DOM
- Extended
- EH-retz-eh-DOHM
- IPA
- /ˈʔɛrɛts.ʔɛˈdoːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- of the land of Edom
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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 | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Seghol | reduced 'eh' | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
E-retz-e-DOM
- phraseyour reading level
al-ge-VUL E-retz-e-DOM
- clause
al-ge-VUL E-retz-e-DOM le-MOR
- sentence
va-yo-MER Ye-ho-VAH el-MO-sheh ve-el-a-ha-RON be-HOR ha-HAR al-ge-VUL E-retz-e-DOM le-MOR
Exegesis
The locative compound bəhor hāhar {בְּהֹר הָהָר | bə-hōr hā-hār} precisely situates the event “at Mount Hor,” while the construct chain ʿal-gəvul ʾerets-ʾedom {עַל־גְּב֥וּל אֶֽרֶץ־אֱד֖וֹם | ʿal g e-vul ʾerets ʾe-dōm} anchors it “on the border of the land of Edom.”
Root and etymology
Rootaleph-resh-tsade
“earth, land”
In context — Numbers 20:23
And the LORD said to Moses and to Aaron at Mount Hor, on the border of the land of Edom , saying,
About this coordinate
Numbers 20:23:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Numbers 20:23, so the Hebrew word אֶֽרֶץ־אֱד֖וֹם (eretzedom) 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.20.23.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.20.23.W7.S1) and character.