1. dry land, dry ground — Solid ground that is dry or has been made dry, especially in the context of miraculous water-crossings (Josh 3:17 crossing the Jordan, Exod 14:21 crossing the Sea, Gen 7:22 contrasting with flood waters). This term emphasizes the ground's dryness in contrast to surrounding water. Uniformly rendered: Spanish 'tierra seca/lo seco,' Arabic يابسة (yabisa), Korean 마른 땅 (mareun ttang), Hindi सूखी भूमि/सूखी जमीन (sukhi bhumi/jamin), Swahili 'nchi kavu.' All three clusters denote the identical referent — 'the dry land,' 'on dry ground,' and bare 'dry ground' — differing only in article and prepositional framing. 8×
AR["اليابِسَةِ","الْيَابِسَةَ","على-اليابِسَةِ","عَلَى-الْيَابِسَةِ","فِي-الْ-يَابِسَةِ","يَابِسَةً","يَبَاسًا"]·ben["শুকনো","শুকনো-জমিতে","শুকনো-জমিতে-(সেই)","শুকনো-ভূমিতে","শুষ্ক-ভূমি"]·DE["[החרבה]","[חרבה]","auf-dem-Trockenen","auf-dry-Erdboden","auf-trocken-Boden","der-trocken-Boden","in-trocken-Land"]·EN["dry-ground","in-the-dry-land","into-dry-land","on-dry-ground","the-dry-ground","the-dry-land"]·FR["dans-le-terre-ferme","dans-terre-ferme","le-ruine","le-sec-sol","ruine","sur-dry-sol","sur-sec-sol"]·heb["ב-ה-חרבה","ב-חרבה","ה-חרבה","חרבה","ל-חרבה"]·HI["सुखी-भूमि-पर","सूखा","सूखी-जमीन-पर","सूखी-भूमि","सूखी-भूमि-पर","सूखी-भूमि।"]·ID["di-darat","di-tanah-kering","kering,","tanah-kering"]·IT["il-secco-suolo","in-il-secco-terra","in-secco-terra","rovina","su-secco-suolo"]·jav["dhateng-dharatan-garing","garing","ing-dharatan","ing-garing"]·KO["마른-땅","마른-땅-으로","마른-땅-을","마른-땅에서","마른-땅으로","에-그-마른-땅"]·PT["a-terra-seca","em-seco","por-seco","por-terra-seca,"]·RU["на-суше","по-сухому","по-суше","сушей","сушу"]·ES["a-tierra-seca","en-la-seco","en-lo-seco","en-seco","la-tierra-seca","lo-seco","secos"]·SW["katika-nchi-kavu","kuwa-kavu","kuwa-nchi-kavu","kwa-nchi-kavu","kwenye-nchi-kavu","nchi-kavu"]·TR["-kuru-yerde","-kuru-yere","de-kuruluk","karayı-","kurakta","kuru","kuru-toprak"]·urd["خشک-زمین-پر","خشکی","خشکی-میں","خشکی-پر","میں-خشکی"]
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
† חָֽרָבָה n.f. dry ground;—abs. ח׳ Gn 7:22 + 7 times; opp. הַיָּם Ex 14:21 (J). Hg 2:6; cf. Gn 7:22 (J); opp. water of Jordan Jos 3:17(×2) (J), 4:18 (E), 2 K 2:8; of Nile-arms וְנָתַתִּ֫י יְאֹרִים ח׳ Ez 30:12.