Exodus 15:12:4Exod.15.12.W4TAB
אָֽרֶץ׃
arets
“the earth”
- Transliteration
- A-rets
- Extended
- AA-rehts
- IPA
- /ˈʔaː.rɛts/
Meaning by language
- English
- the earth
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Alphabet Analysis
| 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
A-rets
- sentence
na-ti-TA ye-MEEN-kha tiv-la-E-mo A-rets
Exegesis
The second clause’s verb tivlaʿēmō {תִּבְלָעֵ֖מוֹ | ṭiblaʿēmō} ‘it swallowed them’ appears without a conjunction, creating an abrupt sequence that accentuates the earth’s unexpected agency, while arets {אָרֶץ | ʾāreṣ} ‘earth’ as subject intensifies the triumphal tone.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–resh–tsade
“earth, land”
In context — Exodus 15:12
You stretched out Your right hand , and the earth opened and swallowed them.
About this coordinate
Exodus 15:12:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Exodus 15:12, so the Hebrew word אָֽרֶץ׃ (arets) 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 Exod.15.12.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.15.12.W4.S1) and character.