2 Samuel 14:22:42 Sam.14.22.W4TAB
אַ֛רְצָה
artsa
“to the ground”
- Transliteration
- AR-tsa
- Extended
- AAR-tseh-ah
- IPA
- /ˈʔar.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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
AR-tsa
- phraseyour reading level
va-yi-POL yo-AV el-pa-NAV AR-tsa
- clause
va-yi-POL yo-AV el-pa-NAV AR-tsa va-yish-ta-KHU va-ye-va-REKH et-ha-ME-lekh
- sentence
va-yi-POL yo-AV el-pa-NAV AR-tsa va-yish-ta-KHU va-ye-va-REKH et-ha-ME-lekh va-yo-MER yo-AV ha-YOM ya-DA av-de-KHA ki-ma-tsa-TI KHEN be-e-NE-kha a-do-NI ha-ME-lekh a-sher-a-SA ha-ME-lekh et-de-VAR av-DO av-DE-kha
Root and etymology
’-r-ṣaleph–resh–tsade
“earth”
In context — 2 Samuel 14:22
And Joab fell on his face to the ground and bowed down, and he blessed the king. Then Joab said, “Today your servant knows that I have found favor in your eyes, my lord the king , because the king has fulfilled the word of his servant.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 14:22:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Samuel 14:22, so the Hebrew word אַ֛רְצָה (artsa) 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.14.22.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.14.22.W4.S1) and character.