Genesis 8:13:11Gen.8.13.W11TAB
הָאָ֑רֶץ
haarets
“the earth”
- Transliteration
- ha-A-rets
- Extended
- hah-AA-rets
- IPA
- /ha.ˈʔaː.rɛts/
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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Word in context
- word
ha-A-rets
- phraseyour reading level
me-AL ha-A-rets
- clause
va-ye-HI be-a-KHAT ve-shesh-me-OT sha-NA ba-ri-SHON be-e-KHAD la-KHO-desh khar-VU ha-MA-yim me-AL ha-A-rets
- sentence
va-ye-HI be-a-KHAT ve-shesh-me-OT sha-NA ba-ri-SHON be-e-KHAD la-KHO-desh khar-VU ha-MA-yim me-AL ha-A-rets va-ya-SAR NO-akh et-mikh-SE ha-te-VA va-YAR ve-hin-NE khar-VU pe-NEI ha-a-da-MA
Exegesis
The perfect verb ḥārḇû first predicates upon the waters (ham-māyim {הַמַּ֖יִם | ham-mā-yim}) with the prepositional phrase mê-ʿal hā-’āreṣ {מֵעַ֣ל הָאָ֑רֶץ | mê-ʿal hā-’ā-reṣ}, establishing the completion of floodwater recession. The clause wayyāsar Nōaḥ ’et-miḵsēh hattēḇāh ‘and he removed the covering of the ark’ signals a shift to Noah’s action, followed by wayyar’ plus wə-hinnēh ‘and he saw, and behold,’ which functions as a pivot to observational focus.
Root and etymology
ʾ-r-ṣaleph–resh–tsade
“earth, land”
In context — Genesis 8:13
In the six hundred and first year, in the first month, on the first day of the month, the waters had dried from the earth; and Noah removed the covering of the ark and looked, and behold, the surface of the ground was dry.
About this coordinate
Genesis 8:13:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Genesis 8:13, so the Hebrew word הָאָ֑רֶץ (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 Gen.8.13.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.8.13.W11.S1) and character.