ארץ

Hebrew

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʔarṣ́-. Compare Arabic أَرْض (ʔarḍ) and Aramaic אַרְעָא.

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈeʁet͡s/
• (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): ,
• (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈeres/,
• (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈʔæræsˤ/
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key):
• (Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʔarsˤ/

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Noun

אֶרֶץ • ('éretz) f (plural indefinite אֲרָצוֹת, singular construct אֶרֶץ־, plural construct אַרְצוֹת־, Biblical Hebrew pausal form אָרֶץ)

1. country, land
2. territory, district, region
4. earth, Earth
   • 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.

5. ground, soil
6. (definite, popular) Israel

Usage notes

• The definite form of this noun is הָאָרֶץ (ha'árets).

Declension

Synonyms

• (ground): אֲדָמָה ('adamá)
• (Earth): כַּדּוּר הָאָרֶץ (kadúr ha'áretz)

Derived terms

• אַרְצִי ('artsí)
• חוּץ לָאָרֶץ (khutz la'áretz)
• אֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל ('érets yisra'él)
• אַרְצוֹת הַבְּרִית ('ar'tsót hab'rít)
• דֶּרֶךְ אֶרֶץ (dérekh-érets)
• עַם הָאָרֶץ ('am ha'árets)

See also

• 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

• H776 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible