Senses
1. earth, land (Aramaic) — The Aramaic noun corresponding to Biblical Hebrew erets, denoting the earth or land as a physical and political entity. Predominantly found in Daniel (chapters 2, 4, 6, 7) and Ezra 5:11, with one occurrence in Jeremiah 10:11. Used for the earth as the physical world in contrast to heaven (Dan 6:27 'in the heavens and on the earth'), for the whole earth as a domain of royal authority (Dan 2:35, 39; 4:1, 10-11, 15, 20, 22, 35), and for particular lands or territories (Dan 7:4, 17, 23). The occurrence glossed 'lower' in Daniel 2:39 describes a kingdom 'inferior' (literally 'earthward/lower') to Nebuchadnezzar's, using the same noun in a contextual extension meaning 'lower in status,' not a distinct lexical sense. Prepositional variants (in the earth, from the earth, and earth) are syntactic, not semantic differences. 21×
AR["أَدْنَى","الأَرْضَ","الأَرْضِ","الْأَرْضِ","فِي-الأَرْضِ","فِي-الْأَرْضِ","مِنَ-الأَرْضِ","وَ-الأَرْض"]·ben["আর-পৃথিবীর","নিম্নতর","পৃথিবী","পৃথিবী-থেকে","পৃথিবীতে","পৃথিবীর","মাটিতে"]·DE["Erde","[וארעא]","[מארעא]","auf-Erde"]·EN["and-earth","from-the-earth","in-the-earth","lower","on-the-earth","the-earth"]·FR["[ארעא]","[מארעא]","dans-la-terre","et-terre","la-terre"]·heb["ב-אדמה","ב-ארץ","ה-ארץ","האדמה","הארץ","ו-ארעא","מ-ארעא","פחותה"]·HI["नीचा","पृथ्वी","पृथ्वी-की","पृथ्वी-के","पृथ्वी-पर","पृथ्वी-पर-से","में-भूमि"]·ID["-bumi","bumi","dan-bumi","dari-bumi","di-bumi","di-tanah","lebih-rendah"]·IT["[מארעא]","e-terra","sulla-terra","terra"]·jav["bumi","ing-bumi","lan-mbangun","langkung-asor","saking-bumi"]·KO["그-땅에서","그리고-그-땅","더-낮은","땅-에","땅-에서","땅-의","땅을","에-땅에"]·PT["a-terra","da-terra","e-a-terra","inferior","na-terra","terra"]·RU["-земле","-земли","-землю","-землёй","-земной","в-земле","земле","земли","землю","и-земли","на-земле","низшее","с-земли"]·ES["de-la-tierra","en-la-tierra","inferior","la-tierra","y-la-tierra"]·SW["ardhi","ardhini","duni","dunia","duniani","kutoka-nchi","na-nchi"]·TR["aşağı","ve-yerin","yerde","yerden","yeryüzünde","yeryüzünden","yeryüzünden-","yeryüzüne","yeryüzünü","yeryüzünün"]·urd["اور-زمین-کا","زمین","زمین-تک","زمین-سے","زمین-میں","زمین-پر","زمین-کو","زمین-کی","زمین-کے","کمتر"]
BDB / Lexicon Reference
[אֲרַע21] n.[f.] earth (so 𝔗 Syriac; = BH אֶרֶץ, q.v.);—emph. אַרְעָא Dn 2:35, 39 + 16 times Dn, Ezr 5:11; Je 10:11b; אַ֫רְעָא (D§§ 9, 5 a; 44, 1 n) = אֲרַע + א—ָ of direction, earthward, i.e. downward, אַרְעָא מִנָּךְ Dn 2:39 Kt lower than thou, i.e. inferior to thee Qr אֲרַע (cf.𝔗 אֲרַע מִן Ru 4:4);—Je 10:11a v. [אֲרַק].