Numbers 32:8:9Num.32.8.W9TAB
אֵת־הָאָֽרֶץ׃
ethaaretz
“the land”
- Transliteration
- ET-ha-A-retz
- Extended
- EET-hah-AA-retz
- IPA
- /ʔeːt haːˈʔaːrɛts/
Meaning by language
- English
- the land
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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
ET-ha-A-retz
- phraseyour reading level
lir-OT ET-ha-A-retz
- clause
be-shal-KHI o-TAM mi-ka-DESH bar-NE-a lir-OT ET-ha-A-retz
- sentence
KOH a-SU a-vo-TEI-khem be-shal-KHI o-TAM mi-ka-DESH bar-NE-a lir-OT ET-ha-A-retz
Exegesis
The purpose infinitive lir’ôt {לִרְא֥וֹת | lir’ôt} governs et ha-aretz {אֶת־הָאָרֶץ | ’et hā-ʾāreṣ} to form an infinitive of purpose. English SVO order preserves the Hebrew focus on the agent’s initiative followed by its intended outcome.
Root and etymology
א-ר-ץ
“earth, land”
In context — Numbers 32:8
This is what your fathers did when I sent them from Kadesh Barnea to see the land .
About this coordinate
Numbers 32:8:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Numbers 32:8, so the Hebrew word אֵת־הָאָֽרֶץ׃ (ethaaretz) 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.32.8.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.32.8.W9.S1) and character.