2 Samuel 22:8:42 Sam.22.8.W4TAB
הָאָ֔רֶץ
haarets
“the earth”
- Transliteration
- ha-A-rets
- Extended
- haa-AH-rehts
- IPA
- /haːˈʔaːrɛts/
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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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-A-rets
- clause
ve-tig-ASh va-yit-ge-ASH va-tir-ASH ha-A-rets mo-se-DOT ha-sha-MA-yim yir-ga-ZU
- sentence
ve-tig-ASh va-yit-ge-ASH va-tir-ASH ha-A-rets mo-se-DOT ha-sha-MA-yim yir-ga-ZU va-yit-ge-a-SHU ki-kha-RA LO
Exegesis
The verse uses a sequence of vav-consecutive verbs vayitga’ash {וַיִּתְגָּעַשׁ | wayyit·gā·ʿaš} ‘and it quaked’, vatir’ash {וַתִּרְעַשׁ | waṯ·ṯir·ʿāš} ‘and it shook’, yirgāzū {יִרְגָּזוּ | yir·gā·zū} ‘they trembled’, and vayitga’ashū {וַיִּתְגָּעֲשׁוּ | wayyit·gā·‘aš·û} ‘and they quaked’ to intensify seismic imagery centered on ha’āreṣ {הָאָרֶץ | hā·’ā·reṣ} ‘the earth’.
In context — 2 Samuel 22:8
The earth quaked and shook; the foundations of the heavens trembled and quaked, because He was angry.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 22:8:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Samuel 22:8, 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.22.8.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.22.8.W4.S1) and character.