ארץ

From Proto-Semitic *ʔarṣ́-.

• (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/

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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.

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?

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

• 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]

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