Isaiah 14:7:3Isa.14.7.W3TAB
כָּל־הָאָ֑רֶץ
kolhaarets
“all the earth”
- Transliteration
- kol-ha-A-rets
- Extended
- kohl-haa-AH-rehts
- IPA
- /kɔl.haː.ʔaːˈrɛts/
Meaning by language
- English
- all the earth
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
kol-ha-A-rets
- clause
na-KHA shak-TA kol-ha-A-rets
- sentence
na-KHA shak-TA kol-ha-A-rets pa-tse-KHU rin-NA
Exegesis
The verse opens with the paired perfect verbs nachah {נָ֥חָה | nā-ḥāh} ‘has rested’ and shaqtah {שָׁקְטָה | šā-qa-ṯāh} ‘has been quiet’ in synonymous parallelism, framing the construct kol–ha–ʾāreṣ {כָּל־הָאָ֑רֶץ | kôl-hā-ʾā-rēṣ} ‘all the earth’ to emphasize universal stillness.
Root and etymology
א־ר־ץ
“land, earth”
In context — Isaiah 14:7
The entire earth has entered rest and has become quiet; people burst forth with singing .
About this coordinate
Isaiah 14:7:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Isaiah 14:7, so the Hebrew word כָּל־הָאָ֑רֶץ (kolhaarets) 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 Isa.14.7.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.14.7.W3.S1) and character.