2 Samuel 18:28:92 Sam.18.28.W9TAB

אָ֔רְצָה

artsa

to the ground

Transliteration
AR-tsa
Extended
AAR-tsah
IPA
/ˈʔaːr.tsɔː/

Meaning by language

English
to the ground

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Result
אָ֔רְ + צָה
ar + tsa
artsa

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Qametslong 'ah'
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Tsadets as in cats
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    AR-tsa

  2. phraseyour reading level

    le-a-PA-v AR-tsa

  3. sentence

    va-yik-RA a-khi-MA-ats va-yo-MER el-ha-ME-lekh sha-LOM va-yish-ta-KHU la-ME-lekh le-a-PA-v AR-tsa va-yo-MER ba-RUKH ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha a-SHER sig-GAR et-ha-a-na-SHIM a-sher-na-se-U et-ya-DAM ba-a-do-NI ha-ME-lekh

Exegesis

The phrase lə-ʾappāyw ʾarṣāh {לְאַפָּיו אַרְצָה | lə-ʾap-pā-yw ʾar-ṣāh} specifies direction and manner of the bow.

In context2 Samuel 18:28

And Ahimaaz called and said to the king, “Peace!” Then he bowed down to the king, his face to the ground, and said, “Blessed is the LORD your God who has delivered the men who lifted up their hand against my lord the king.”

About this coordinate

2 Samuel 18:28:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 2 Samuel 18:28, so the Hebrew word אָ֔רְצָה (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.18.28.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.18.28.W9.S1) and character.