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ארץ
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See also: אַרץ
Hebrew
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *ʔarṣ́-.
Pronunciation
- (Biblical Hebrew) IPA(key): /ʔart͡sˤ/ ~ /ʔarsˤ/
- (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈʔɛ.rɛsˤ/ [ˈʔɛː.ʀɛsˤ]
- (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈʔa.rasˤ/ [ˈʔæː.rɑsˤ]
- (Persian Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈ(ʔ)e.res/
- (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈ(ʔ)e.ret͡s/ (West), /ˈʔe.resˤ/ (East)
- (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈ(ʔ)ɛ.rɛt͡s/
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈ(ʔ)e.ʁet͡s/
Noun
אֶרֶץ • (érets) f (plural indefinite אֲרָצוֹת, singular construct אֶרֶץ־, plural construct אַרְצוֹת־, Biblical Hebrew pausal form אָרֶץ) [pattern: קֶטֶל]
- country, land
- 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!
- territory, district, region
- (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.
- ground, soil
- Synonym: אֲדָמָה (adamá)
- (definite, popular) Israel
Usage notes
- The definite form of this noun is הָאָרֶץ (ha'árets).
Declension
Derived terms
- אֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל (érets yisra'él)
- אַרְצוֹת הַבְּרִית (ar'tsót hab'rít)
- אַרְצִי (artsí)
- דֶּרֶךְ אֶרֶץ (dérekh érets)
- חוּץ לָאָרֶץ (khuts la'árets)
- עַם הָאָרֶץ (am ha'árets)
See also
- מְדִינָה (m'diná)
References
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