Zechariah 14:17:6Zech.14.17.W6TAB
הָאָ֙רֶץ֙
haarets
“the earth”
- Transliteration
- ha-A-rets
- Extended
- haa-AH-rehts
- IPA
- /haːˈʔaːrɛts/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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-rets
- phraseyour reading level
me-ET mish-pe-KHOT ha-A-rets
- clause
ve-ha-YA a-SHER lo-ya-a-LE me-ET mish-pe-KHOT ha-A-rets el-ye-ru-sha-LA-im le-hish-ta-kha-VOT le-ME-lekh Ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT
- sentence
ve-ha-YA a-SHER lo-ya-a-LE me-ET mish-pe-KHOT ha-A-rets el-ye-ru-sha-LA-im le-hish-ta-kha-VOT le-ME-lekh Ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT ve-LO a-LE-hem yih-HE ha-GA-shem
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase mishpechot ha-aretz {מִשְׁפְּח֤וֹת הָאָ֙רֶץ֙ | mish-pə-ḥōt hā-ʾā-reṣ} ‘families of the earth’ defines the universal subject.
Root and etymology
א־ר־ץ
“earth, land”
In context — Zechariah 14:17
And it will be that whoever of the families of the earth does not go up to Jerusalem to bow down to the King, the LORD of hosts , there will be no rain upon them.
About this coordinate
Zechariah 14:17:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Zechariah 14:17, so the Hebrew word הָאָ֙רֶץ֙ (haarets) 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 Zech.14.17.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Zech.14.17.W6.S1) and character.