ארץ
Appearance
See also: אַרץ
Hebrew
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Root |
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א־ר־ץ (ʾ-r-ts) |
2 terms |
From Proto-Semitic *ʔarṣ́-. Compare Arabic أَرْض (ʔarḍ) and Aramaic אַרְעָא.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Proto-Hebrew) IPA(key): /ʔart͡sˤ/
- (Biblical Hebrew) IPA(key): /ʔarsˤ/
- (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈʔɛrɛsˤ/, [ˈʔɛː.ʀɛsˤ]
- (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈʔarasˤ/, [ˈʔæːrɑsˤ]
- (Persian Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈ(ʔ)eres/
- (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈɛʁ̞ɛt͡s/
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈ(ʔ)eʁ̞et͡s/
Audio (Israel): (file)
Noun
[edit]אֶרֶץ • (érets) f (plural indefinite אֲרָצוֹת, singular construct אֶרֶץ־, plural construct אַרְצוֹת־, Biblical Hebrew pausal form אָרֶץ) [pattern: קֶטֶל]
- country, land
- territory, district, region
- Earth (the third planet of the Solar System; the world upon which humans live)
- 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
- (definite, popular) Israel
Usage notes
[edit]- The definite form of this noun is הָאָרֶץ (ha'árets).
Declension
[edit]Declension of אֶרֶץ
Number | Isolated forms | With possessive pronouns | |||||
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State | Form | Person | singular | plural | |||
m. | f. | m. | f. | ||||
singular | indefinite | אֶרֶץ | first | אַרְצִי | אַרְצֵנוּ | ||
definite | הָאָרֶץ | second | אַרְצְךָ | אַרְצֵךְ | אַרְצְכֶם | אַרְצְכֶן | |
construct | אֶרֶץ־ | third | אַרְצוֹ | אַרְצָהּ | אַרְצָם | אַרְצָן | |
plural | indefinite | אֲרָצוֹת | first | ארצותיי / אַרְצוֹתַי | אַרְצוֹתֵינוּ | ||
definite | הָאֲרָצוֹת | second | אַרְצוֹתֶיךָ | ארצותייך / אַרְצוֹתַיִךְ | אַרְצוֹתֵיכֶם | אַרְצוֹתֵיכֶן | |
construct | אַרְצוֹת־ | third | אַרְצוֹתָיו | אַרְצוֹתֶיהָ | אַרְצוֹתָם | אַרְצוֹתָן |
Synonyms
[edit]- (ground): אֲדָמָה (adamá)
- (Earth): כַּדּוּר הָאָרֶץ (kadúr ha'árets)
Derived terms
[edit]- אַרְצִי (artsí)
- חוּץ לָאָרֶץ (khuts la'árets)
- אֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל (érets yisra'él)
- אַרְצוֹת הַבְּרִית (ar'tsót hab'rít)
- דֶּרֶךְ אֶרֶץ (dérekh érets)
- עַם הָאָרֶץ (am ha'árets)
See also
[edit]- מְדִינָה (m'diná)
- (planets of the Solar System) חַמָּה (khamá), נוגה / נֹגַהּ (nógah), אֶרֶץ (érets), מַאֲדִים (ma'adím), צֶדֶק (tsédek), שַׁבְּתַאי (shabtá'i), אוּרָנוּס (uránus) or אוֹרוֹן (orón), נֶפטוּן (néptun) or רַהַב (raháv)
References
[edit]Categories:
- Hebrew terms belonging to the root א־ר־ץ
- Hebrew terms inherited from Proto-Semitic
- Hebrew terms derived from Proto-Semitic
- Hebrew terms with IPA pronunciation
- Hebrew terms with audio pronunciation
- Hebrew lemmas
- Hebrew nouns
- Hebrew terms in the pattern קֶטֶל
- Hebrew feminine nouns
- he:Planets of the Solar System
- Hebrew terms with quotations
- he:Geography