Numbers 21:35:9Num.21.35.W9TAB
אֶת־אַרְצֽוֹ׃
etarttzo
“his land”
- Transliteration
- ET-art-TZO
- Extended
- EET-ahrt-TSOH
- IPA
- /ˈʔet.ʔarˈtsoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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-TZO
- clause
va-yir-SHU ET-art-TZO
- sentence
va-ya-KU o-TO ve-ET-ba-NAV ve-ET-KOL-AMO ad-bil-TI hish-IR-LO sa-REED va-yir-SHU ET-art-TZO
Exegesis
Finally, wayyîrašû {וַיִּירְשׁוּ | wayyîrašû} ‘and they took possession’ with ʾeṯ-ʾarṣô {אֶת־אַרְצֹוֹ | ʾeṯ-ʾarṣô} ‘his land’ signals the transfer of territory, underscoring the complete military victory and subsequent inheritance.
Root and etymology
א־ר־ץʾ-r-ṣ
“land, territory”
In context — Numbers 21:35
And they struck him down and his sons and all his people, until he had no survivor; and they took possession of his land.
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:35:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Numbers 21:35, so the Hebrew word אֶת־אַרְצֽוֹ׃ (etarttzo) 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.21.35.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.35.W9.S1) and character.