2 Samuel 18:9:222 Sam.18.9.W22TAB
הָאָ֔רֶץ
haarets
“the earth”
- Transliteration
- ha-A-rets
- Extended
- haa-AH-rehts
- IPA
- /hɔːˈʔɔːrɛts/
Meaning by language
- English
- the earth
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tsade Sofit | final form of Tsade — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ha-A-rets
- phraseyour reading level
u-VEN ha-A-rets
- clause
ve-av-sha-LOM ro-KHEV al-ha-PE-red va-ya-VO ha-PE-red TA-khat SO-vek ha-e-LA hag-do-LA va-ye-khe-ZAK ro-SHO ba-e-LA va-yit-TAN BEN ha-sha-MA-yim u-VEN ha-A-rets ve-ha-PE-red a-sher-TA-khta-v a-VAR
- sentence
va-yik-KA-re av-sha-LOM lif-NE av-DE da-VID ve-av-sha-LOM ro-KHEV al-ha-PE-red va-ya-VO ha-PE-red TA-khat SO-vek ha-e-LA hag-do-LA va-ye-khe-ZAK ro-SHO ba-e-LA va-yit-TAN BEN ha-sha-MA-yim u-VEN ha-A-rets ve-ha-PE-red a-sher-TA-khta-v a-VAR
Exegesis
The Hofal imperfect vayyutan {וַיֻּתַּן | wa-yu-ṭṭān} ‘and he was left’ paired with the parallel prepositions bein ha-shamayim u-bein ha-aretz {בֵּין הַשָּׁמַיִם וּבֵין הָאָרֶץ | bēn ha-šā-ma-yim ū-bēn hā-ʾā-reṣ} conveys helpless suspension.
Root and etymology
r-w-ṣ
“to run swiftly”
In context — 2 Samuel 18:9
And it happened that Absalom came before the servants of David, and he was riding on a mule that went under the thick branches of a great oak. His head became caught in the oak, and he was left hanging between the heavens and the earth while the mule that was under him continued on its way.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 18:9:22 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 22 of 2 Samuel 18:9, so the Hebrew word הָאָ֔רֶץ (haarets) 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.18.9.W22, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.18.9.W22.S1) and character.