2 Samuel 20:10:112 Sam.20.10.W11TAB

אַ֛רְצָה

artza

to the ground

Transliteration
AR-tza
Extended
AHR-tsah
IPA
/ˈʔar.tsɑː/

Meaning by language

English
to the ground

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Result
אַ֛רְ + צָה
ar + tza
artza

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
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-tza

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-yish-POKH me-AV AR-tza

  3. clause

    va-a-ma-SA LO-nish-me-AR ba-KHE-rev a-SHER be-YAD-yo-AV va-yak-KE-hu VAH el-ha-KHO-mesh va-yish-POKH me-AV AR-tza ve-LO-sha-NA LO va-ya-MOT

  4. sentence

    va-a-ma-SA LO-nish-me-AR ba-KHE-rev a-SHER be-YAD-yo-AV va-yak-KE-hu VAH el-ha-KHO-mesh va-yish-POKH me-AV AR-tza ve-LO-sha-NA LO va-ya-MOT ve-yo-AV va-a-vi-SHAI a-KHIV ra-DAF a-kha-RE SHE-va ben-bik-RI

Exegesis

The graphic sequence vayishpoch meav artzah {וַיִּשְׁפֹּךְ מֵעָ֥יו אַרְצָה | wa-yīš-pōḵ mē-ʻa-w ’ar-ṣāh} ‘he poured out his intestines to the ground’ intensifies the fatal outcome.

In context2 Samuel 20:10

And Amasa was not alert to the sword in Joab’s hand, and Joab struck him with it in the abdomen , and his intestines spilled to the ground; he did not strike him again, and Amasa died. Then Joab and his brother Abishai pursued Sheba son of Bikhri.

About this coordinate

2 Samuel 20:10:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 2 Samuel 20:10, so the Hebrew word אַ֛רְצָה (artza) 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.20.10.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.20.10.W11.S1) and character.