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ארץ

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Hebrew

Etymology

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From Proto-Semitic *ʔarṣ́-.

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Noun

אֶרֶץ (érets) f (plural indefinite אֲרָצוֹת, singular construct אֶרֶץ־, plural construct אַרְצוֹת־, Biblical Hebrew pausal form אָרֶץ) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

  1. country, land
    ביקרתי בהרבה ארצות.
    bikárti be harbé aratsót.
    I visited many countries.
    • Tanach, Isaiah 5:8, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      ה֗וֹי מַגִּיעֵ֥י בַ֙יִת֙ בְּבַ֔יִת שָׂדֶ֥ה בְשָׂדֶ֖ה יַקְרִ֑יבוּ עַ֚ד אֶ֣פֶס מָק֔וֹם וְהוּשַׁבְתֶּ֥ם לְבַדְּכֶ֖ם בְּקֶ֥רֶב הָאָֽרֶץ׃
      Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no room, and ye be made to dwell alone in the midst of the land!
  2. territory, district, region
  3. (formal) Earth (the third planet of the Solar System; the world upon which humans live)
    Synonym: כַּדּוּר הָאָרֶץ (kadúr ha'árets)
    • Tanach, Genesis 1:1, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      בְּרֵאשִׁית בָּרָא אֱלֹהִים אֵת הַשָּׁמַיִם וְאֵת הָאָרֶץ׃
      b'reshít bará elohím 'ét hashamáyim v'ét ha'árets.
      In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
  4. ground, soil
    Synonym: אֲדָמָה (adamá)
  5. (definite, popular) Israel
    כמה זמן אתה גר בארץ?
    káma zman atá gar ba arets?
    For how long have you been living in Israel?

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