Numbers 22:11:7Num.22.11.W7TAB
הָאָ֑רֶץ
haaretz
“of the earth”
- Transliteration
- ha-A-retz
- Extended
- haa-AH-retz
- IPA
- /haːˈʔaːrɛts/
Meaning by language
- English
- of the earth
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tsade Sofit | final form of Tsade — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ha-A-retz
- phraseyour reading level
ET-EIN ha-A-retz
- clause
hi-NEH ha-AM ha-yo-TSE mi-mits-RA-yim va-ye-KHAS ET-EIN ha-A-retz
- sentence
hi-NEH ha-AM ha-yo-TSE mi-mits-RA-yim va-ye-KHAS ET-EIN ha-A-retz a-TAH le-KHA ka-VA-li o-TO u-LAI u-KHAL le-hil-LA-khem BO ve-ge-rash-TIV
Exegesis
The idiom wayyekhas ’et-ʿēn hā-’āreṣ {וַיְכַס אֶת־עֵין הָאָרֶץ | wayyekhas ʾet-ʿēn hā-ʾāreṣ} literally “and it covers the eye of the land” conveys a sense of overwhelming extent, with ’ēn functioning as “surface.”
Root and etymology
Rootaleph-resh-tsade
“land”
In context — Numbers 22:11
Behold, the people who came out of Egypt cover the face of the land . Now come and curse them for me—perhaps I will be able to fight them and drive them away.
About this coordinate
Numbers 22:11:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Numbers 22:11, so the Hebrew word הָאָ֑רֶץ (haaretz) 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.22.11.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.11.W7.S1) and character.