Numbers 21:24:5Num.21.24.W5TAB
אֶת־אַרְצ֜וֹ
etartso
“of his land”
- Transliteration
- et-ART-so
- Extended
- EET-ART-soh
- IPA
- /ʔetˈʔar.tsoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- of his land
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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The word
Word in context
- word
et-ART-so
- phraseyour reading level
va-yi-RASH et-ART-so
- clause
va-yi-RASH et-ART-so me-ar-NON ad-ya-BOK ad-be-NEI am-MON KI AZ ge-VUL be-NEI am-MON
- sentence
va-ya-ke-HU yis-ra-EL le-FI-KHA-rev va-yi-RASH et-ART-so me-ar-NON ad-ya-BOK ad-be-NEI am-MON KI AZ ge-VUL be-NEI am-MON
Exegesis
The second vav-consecutive verb vayyiresh {וַיִּירַ֨שׁ | wayyîrāṣ̌} ‘and he took possession’ continues the sequence, with et-artso {אֶת־אַרְצ֜וֹ | ʾet-ʾărṣō} ‘his land’ as the direct object.
Root and etymology
א־ר־ץʾ-r-ṣ
“land, territory”
In context — Numbers 21:24
And Israel struck him with the edge of the sword and took possession of his land from Arnon to Yabbok, up to the border of the sons of Ammon, because the boundary was fortified.
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:24:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 21:24, so the Hebrew word אֶת־אַרְצ֜וֹ (etartso) 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.21.24.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.24.W5.S1) and character.