אֶ֫רֶץ2407 H0776
land, country, territory; ground, soil, surface; earth, world, created order; lands, territories (plural)
1. land, country, territory — A geopolitical region, nation, or territory — the dominant sense of erets in the Hebrew Bible, covering 'the land of X,' possessive constructions (my/your/his/our land), and directional phrases (to/from/in the land); consistently glossed as nchi (Swahili = country/nation), देश (Hindi desh = country), أَرْضِ in construct chains (Arabic), and 땅 with possessives (Korean), distinguishing it from the cosmological 'earth' sense by territorial specificity. 2323×
AR["ال-أَرْضُ","الأرضِ","الأَرضِ","الأَرْضَ","الأَرْضُ","الأَرْضِ","الْ-أَرْضُ","الْ-أَرْضِ","الْأَرْضَ","الْأَرْضُ","الْأَرْضِ"]·ben["-দেশের","দেশ","দেশ-","দেশে","দেশের"]·DE["Land","das-Land","der-Land","des-Landes"]·EN["the-land"]·FR["la-terre","le-pays"]·heb["ה-ארץ"]·HI["देश","देश-की","देश-के","भुमि","भूमि","भूमि-की","भूमि-के"]·ID["-tanah","bumi","negeri","negeri-itu","tanah","tanah-ini","tanah-itu"]·IT["il-terra","la-terra"]·jav["bumi","nagari","negari","tanah","tanah,","tanah-punika"]·KO["그-땅","그-땅을","그-땅의","그-땅의-거주자들","그-땅이","땅","땅을","땅의","땅이"]·PT["a-terra"]·RU["-земли","-землю","-земля","земли","землю","земля"]·ES["la-tierra"]·SW["ardhi","hili","katika","muja","nchi","nchi-hii","siri","ya-ardhi","ya-nchi"]·TR["-diyar","-diyarı","-ülke","-ülkenin","-ülkeye","-ülkeyi","yerin","ülke","ülkeden","ülkeye"]·urd["-سرزمین","-سرزمین-کے","اُس-زمین-کے","زمین","زمین-","زمین-کی","زمین-کے","سرزمین","سرزمین-کی","سرزمین-کے"]
Gen 13:6, Gen 13:15, Gen 23:7, Gen 24:7, Gen 27:46, Gen 34:1, Gen 34:30, Gen 42:9, Gen 42:30, Gen 43:11, Gen 45:6, Gen 47:20 (+38 more)
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Senses
2. ground, soil, surface — The physical ground or soil beneath one's feet — the surface to which one falls, bows, or casts something down; consistently glossed as chini (Swahili = down/below), ardhini (Swahili = on the ground), भूमि (Hindi bhumi = ground/soil), أَرْضًا with tanwin (Arabic indefinite = a piece of ground), and 땅에/땅으로 (Korean directional = to/onto the ground). 88×
AR["أرضاً","أرضًا","أَرضاً","أَرْضًا","إِلَى-الْأَرْضِ","عَلى الأَرضِ","عَلَى-الأَرْضِ","عَلَى-الْأَرْضِ","ٱلْأَرْضَ"]·ben["ভূমিতে","ভূমির-দিকে","মাটিতে"]·DE["Boden-ward","Erdboden","Land","auf-der-Erdboden","zu-Erdboden","zu-Erde","zu-der-Erdboden","zu-der-Erde","zur-Erde"]·EN["earth-ward","ground","ground-ward","on-the-ground","to-earth","to-ground","to-the-earth","to-the-ground"]·FR["moulu-garde","pays","sol","sur-le-sol","terre-garde","à-le-moulu","à-le-sol","à-le-terre","à-sol","à-terre"]·heb["ארץ-ה","ארצ-ה","ארצה"]·HI["आर्त्साह-पर","ज़मीन-पर","ज़मेएन-पर","धरती-तक","भुमि-तक","भूमि-की-ओर","भूमि-तक","भूमि-पर"]·ID["ke-tanah","tanah"]·IT["a-il-suolo","a-il-terra","a-suolo","a-terra","su-il-suolo","suolo","suolo-ward","terra","terra-ward"]·jav["bumi","dhateng-bumi","dhateng-siti","dhumateng-siti","dumugi-siti","ing-siti","siti"]·KO["땅-에","땅-으로","땅-을","땅에","땅으로"]·PT["em-terra","na-terra","para-terra","por-terra","terra","terra-a","à-terra"]·RU["до-земли","землю","на-землю"]·ES["a-tierra","en-tierra","tierra"]·SW["ardhini","chini","ndani-yake"]·TR["yerde","yere"]·urd["زمین-تک","زمین-پر","زمین-پر۔","زمین-کی-طرف"]
3. earth, world, created order — The whole earth as a cosmological entity, the world in the 'heaven and earth' pairing, the planet as created order or inhabited sphere; marked by Swahili dunia/duniani (world), Hindi पृथ्वी (prithvi = earth/world), Arabic الْأَرْضِ with universal scope, and Korean 땅 in absolute contexts; includes the 'dry land' sub-sense (as opposed to sea) since both denote the earth's surface as a whole. 73×
AR["شَيْئاً-في-الأرْضِ","في-الأَرض","في-الأَرضِ","في-الأَرْضِ","فِي-","فِي-الأَرْضِ","فِي-الْ-أَرْضِ","فِي-الْأَرْضِ"]·ben["-পৃথিবীতে","দেশে","পৃথিবীতে","পৃথিবীতে।"]·DE["Erde","auf-der-Erde","auf-der-Erde-ist","im-Land","in-der-Erde"]·EN["anything-on-the-earth","in-the-earth","in-the-land"]·FR["dans-la-terre","dans-le-terre","terre"]·heb["ב-ארץ","ב-ה-ארץ"]·HI["उस-पृथ्वी-में","पृथ्वी-पर","पृथ्वी-में","प्रिथवि-मे","प्रिथवी-पर","भूमि-में","में-पृथ्वी"]·ID["di-bumi"]·IT["nel-terra","nella-terra"]·jav["ing-bumi","ing-nagari","ing-siti","ing-tanah","kaleresan","wonten-ing-siti"]·KO["-땅-에서","땅-에","땅-에서","땅에서","에-그-땅","에-땅"]·PT["na-terra"]·RU["на-земле","на-земле,"]·ES["en-la-tierra","en-tierra"]·SW["ardhi","ardhini","duniani","katika-ardhi","katika-nchi","nchini","ya-kufa"]·TR["-yeryüzünde","-ülkede","dünyada","yeryuzunde","yeryüzünde","yeryüzünde-"]·urd["بَ-زمین","بِ-ہَ-زمین-پر","زمین-میں","زمین-پر","میں-زمین","میں-زمین-اس"]
4. lands, territories (plural) — Multiple lands or nations as distinct territories, the plural form of erets used for the surrounding nations or scattered territories; marked by Arabic أَرَاضِي (araadii, broken plural), Korean 땅들 (ttangdeul, explicit plural), Swahili nchi za (lands of, plural agreement), and Hindi देशों (deshon, oblique plural of desh = countries). 21×
AR["أَراضي","أَرَاضِي","الْأَرَاضِي","عَلَى-الْأَرَاضِي","في-الأَراضي","فِي-أَرَاضِي","فِي-أَرَاضِيهِمْ","فِي-الْأَرَاضِي","فِي-ٱلْأَرَاضِي"]·ben["-তে-দেশগুলিতে","-দেশগুলিতে","-দেশগুলোতে","তাদের-দেশে","দেশগুলিতে","দেশগুলিতে।","দেশে"]·DE["Laender","in-Laender","in-Laender-von","in-der-Erde","in-ihren-Ländern"]·EN["against-the-lands","among-the-lands","in-lands-of","in-the-lands","in-their-lands","into-the-lands","lands-of"]·FR["dans-les-pays","dans-leur-terres","dans-pays-de","dans-terres","pays"]·heb["ארץ","ב-ארץ","ב-ארץ-ם","ב-ארצות"]·HI["अपने-देशोन-मेइन","देशों","देशों-में","में-देशों"]·ID["di-negeri-negeri","di-negeri-negeri-itu","di-negeri-negeri.","di-negeri-negeri;","di-tanah","di-tanah-tanah-mereka","ke-negeri-negeri","tanah-tanah","tanah-tanah-"]·IT["in-loro-lands","in-terre","in-terre-di","paese"]·jav["dhateng-nagari-nagari","ing-antawisipun-nagari-nagari","ing-nagari-nagari","ing-nagari-nagari.","ing-tanah-tanah","ing-tanah-tanahipun","tanah","wonten-ing-bumi-bumi","wonten-ing-tanah-tanah","wonten-nagari"]·KO["그-땅들-안에서","그들의-땅들에서","그들의-땅에서","땅들","땅들-에","땅들-의","땅들에서","땅들에서-","에-그-땅들에","에-땅들에"]·PT["em-terras-de","em-terras-deles","nas-terras","pelas-terras","terras-de"]·RU["в-земли","в-землях","в-землях-их","земли","землях","на-земли","по-землям","тебя"]·ES["en-las-tierras","en-sus-tierras","en-tierras","en-tierras-de","por-las-tierras","por-las-tierras;","tierras-de"]·SW["katika-nchi","katika-nchi-za-","katika-nchi-zao","nchi-za"]·TR["-de-topraklarında","ba-ülkelere","bölgelerine","dağıttım","diyarlarda","kutsal-yere","onları","siz","toprakları","ülkelerde","ülkelere","ülkelerinde"]·urd["بَ-ممالک","زمینوں-میں","سرزمینوں","سرزمینوں-میں","ملکوں-اپنے-میں","ملکوں-میں","ممالک-میں","مملکتوں-میں","میں-سرزمینوں"]
Gen 10:5, Gen 10:20, Gen 10:31, Lev 26:36, Lev 26:39, 1 Chr 13:2, 2 Chr 11:23, Ps 106:27, Ps 116:9, Ezek 6:8, Ezek 11:16, Ezek 11:16 (+9 more)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
אֶ֫רֶץ2407 n.f. Gn 10:11 & (seld.) m. Ez 21:24 earth, land (Ph. MI ארץ, Assyrian irṣitu COTGloss, Arabic أَرْضٌ, Sab. ארץֿ e.g. Os 9 DHMZMG 1875, 594, 614; Sem. Sprachf. 12, cf. PräBAS i. 374 n., Aramaic אֲרַע, ܐܰܪܥܳܐ )—א׳ abs. Gn 1:24 +; cstr. 2:11 +; אָ֑רֶץ 1:10 +; c. art. always הָאָ֫רֶץ 1:11 +; c. ה—ָloc. אַ֫רְצָה 11:31 +, (poet. = אָרֶץ Jb 34:13; cf. 1 S 25:23 1 K 1:31); sf. אַרְצִי 20:15 +…