Isaiah 18:6:11Isa.18.6.W11TAB
הָאָ֖רֶץ
haarets
“the earth”
- Transliteration
- ha-A-rets
- Extended
- haa-AH-rehts
- IPA
- /haˈʔaːrɛts/
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
ve-KHOL-be-he-MAT ha-A-rets
- clause
ve-KATS a-LAV ha-A-yit ve-KHOL-be-he-MAT ha-A-rets a-LAV te-khe-RAF
- sentence
ye-a-ZE-VU yakh-DAV le-IT ha-RIM u-le-ve-he-MAT ha-A-rets ve-KATS a-LAV ha-A-yit ve-KHOL-be-he-MAT ha-A-rets a-LAV te-khe-RAF
Exegesis
The prepositional pairs leʿēt hārîm {לְעֵיט הָרִים | lə-ʿēṯ hā-rîm} ‘to the bird of prey of the mountains’ and ū-le-vĕhē-māṯ hā-ʾāreṣ {וּלְבֶהֱמַת הָאָרֶץ | ū-lə-ḇe-hē-māṯ hā-ʾā-reṣ} ‘and to the beast of the land’ form a merismus encompassing all carrion creatures.
Root and etymology
ʾ-r-ṣʾ–r–ṣ
“land, earth”
In context — Isaiah 18:6
They shall be left together to the bird of prey of the mountains and to the beast of the land; and the bird of prey shall summer upon them, and all the beasts of the land shall winter upon them.
About this coordinate
Isaiah 18:6:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Isaiah 18:6, so the Hebrew word הָאָ֖רֶץ (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 Isa.18.6.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.18.6.W11.S1) and character.