Genesis 19:1:14Gen.19.1.W14TAB
אָֽרְצָה׃
artsa
“to the ground”
- Transliteration
- ar-TSA
- Extended
- ahr-TSAA
- IPA
- /ʔar.ˈtsaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the ground
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
ar-TSA
- clause
va-yar-LOT va-ya-KAM li-kra-TAM va-yish-ta-KHU a-PAI-yim ar-TSA
- sentence
va-ya-vo-U she-NEI ha-mal-a-KHIM se-DO-ma ba-E-rev ve-LOT yo-SHEV be-sha-ar-se-DOM va-yar-LOT va-ya-KAM li-kra-TAM va-yish-ta-KHU a-PAI-yim ar-TSA
Exegesis
The idiom appayim artsah {אַפַּיִם אָרְצָה | ʾap-pā-yim ʾār-ṣāh} ‘face to the ground’ conveys full prostration. The formal rendering preserves the prolonged opening clause, while the dynamic shifts to shorter sentences for readability.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–resh–tsade
“ground, land”
In context — Genesis 19:1
In the evening, the two angels arrived at Sodom. Lot was seated at the gate of Sodom; when he noticed them, he stood to greet them and bowed down, his face toward the ground.
About this coordinate
Genesis 19:1:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Genesis 19:1, so the Hebrew word אָֽרְצָה׃ (artsa) 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 Gen.19.1.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.1.W14.S1) and character.