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
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-tza
- phraseyour reading level
va-yish-POKH me-AV AR-tza
- 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
- 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 context — 2 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.