2 Samuel 14:11:192 Sam.14.11.W19TAB
אָֽרְצָה׃
artse
“to the ground”
- Transliteration
- AR-tse
- Extended
- AAR-tseh
- IPA
- /ˈʔaːr.tsɔː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the ground
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
AR-tse
- clause
va-YO-mer KHAI-ye-ho-VAH im-yip-POL mi-sa-a-RAT be-NE-kh AR-tse
- sentence
va-to-MER yiz-KAR-na ha-ME-lekh et-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha me-ha-rBIt me-har-BAT go-EL ha-DAM le-sha-KHET ve-LO yash-mi-DU et-be-NI va-YO-mer KHAI-ye-ho-VAH im-yip-POL mi-sa-a-RAT be-NE-kh AR-tse
Exegesis
The oath formula chai YHWH {חַי־יְהוָ֔ה | ḥăy Yə-hō-wāh} mirrors a legal idiom, followed by the conditional clause im yipol missa’arat benekha artzah {אִם־יִפֹּל מִשַּׂעֲרַ֥ת בְּנֶ֖ךָ אָֽרְצָה | ʾim yi-ppōl mis-sa-ʿa-rat bĕ-ney-ḵā ʾor-ṣāh}, which underscores absolute divine protection through a hyperbolic hair analogy.
Root and etymology
’-r-ṣaleph–resh–tsade
“earth”
In context — 2 Samuel 14:11
She said, “Let the king now remember the LORD your God , so that the avenger may not multiply to destroy my son.” And he said, “As the LORD lives, not one hair of your son shall fall to the ground.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 14:11:19 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 19 of 2 Samuel 14:11, so the Hebrew word אָֽרְצָה׃ (artse) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 2 Sam.14.11.W19, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.14.11.W19.S1) and character.