ארץ
Appearance
See also: אַרץ
Hebrew
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Semitic *ʔarṣ́-.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (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.ret͡s/
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)
- 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
[edit]- The definite form of this noun is הָאָרֶץ (ha'árets).
Declension
[edit]isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | ||||||
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Number: | 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 |
Derived terms
[edit]- אֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל (érets yisra'él)
- אַרְצִי (artsí)
- אַרְצוֹת הַבְּרִית (ar'tsót hab'rít)
- דֶּרֶךְ אֶרֶץ (dérekh érets)
- חוּץ לָאָרֶץ (khuts la'árets)
- 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 (shabtáy) · אוּרָנוּס (uránus)/אוֹרוֹן (orón) · נֶפְּטוּן (néptun)/רַהַב (raháv) [edit]
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