Genesis 6:13:14Gen.6.13.W14TAB
אֶת־הָאָֽרֶץ׃
ethaarets
“the earth”
- Transliteration
- et-ha-A-rets
- Extended
- eht-hah-AA-rets
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.haːˈʔaː.rɛts/
Meaning by language
- English
- the earth
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
et-ha-A-rets
- clause
ve-hin-NI mash-khi-TAM et-ha-A-rets
- sentence
va-YO-mer e-lo-HIM le-NO-akh KETS kol-ba-SAR BA le-fa-NAI ki-mal-AH ha-A-rets kha-MAS mip-pe-ne-HEM ve-hin-NI mash-khi-TAM et-ha-A-rets
Exegesis
The final et-ha-arets {אֶת־הָאָֽרֶץ | ʾeṯ-hā-ʾā-reṣ} ‘the earth’ shows that creation itself faces judgment. The formal English mirrors announcement, cause, and result, reflecting the Hebrew forensic structure.
Root and etymology
ʾ-r-ṣaleph–resh–tsade
“earth, land”
In context — Genesis 6:13
And God said to Noah, “The end of all flesh is before Me, because the earth is filled with violence through them; and now I am going to destroy them along with the earth.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 6:13:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Genesis 6:13, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הָאָֽרֶץ׃ (ethaarets) 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.6.13.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.6.13.W14.S1) and character.