Genesis 36:6:17Gen.36.6.W17PAT
אֶל־אֶ֔רֶץ
elerets
“to a land”
- Transliteration
- el-E-rets
- Extended
- ehl-EH-rets
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.ˈʔɛ.rɛts/
Meaning by language
- English
- to a land
- French
- vers un pays
- Spanish
- a una tierra
- Portuguese
- para uma terra
- German
- in ein Land
- Russian
- в землю
- Arabic-Simplified
- إِلَى أَرْضٍ
- Hindi
- एक देश की ओर
- Chinese-Simplified
- 到一地
- Korean
- 한 땅으로
- Indonesian
- ke suatu negeri
- Bengali
- এক দেশে
- Tagalog
- sa isang lupain
- Swahili
- kwenye nchi
- Amharic
- ወደ አንዲት ምድር
- Yoruba
- sí ilẹ̀ kan
- Igbo
- n'ala
- Twi
- kɔ asase bi so
- Ewe
- yi anyigba aɖe me
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
el-E-rets
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-LEKH el-E-rets
- clause
va-ye-LEKH el-E-rets mip-NEI ya-a-KOV a-KHIV
- sentence
va-yik-KAKH e-SAV et-na-SHAV ve-et-ba-NAV ve-et-be-no-TAV ve-et-kol-naf-SHOT bei-TO ve-et-mik-NE-hu ve-et-kol-be-hem-TO ve-ET kol-kin-ya-NO a-SHER ra-KHASH be-E-rets ke-na-AN va-ye-LEKH el-E-rets mip-NEI ya-a-KOV a-KHIV
In context — Genesis 36:6
took Esau his wives and his sons and his daughters and all the members of his house and his livestock and all his animals and all his property which he acquired in the land of Canaan he went to a land away from Jacob his brother
About this coordinate
Genesis 36:6:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Genesis 36:6, so the Hebrew word אֶל־אֶ֔רֶץ (elerets) 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 Gen.36.6.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.36.6.W17.S1) and character.