Isaiah 21:9:15Isa.21.9.W15TAB
לָאָֽרֶץ׃
laarets
“to the ground”
- Transliteration
- la-A-rets
- Extended
- laa-AH-rehts
- IPA
- /laːˈʔaː.rɛts/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the ground
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
la-A-rets
- phraseyour reading level
shi-BAR la-A-rets
- clause
va-ya-AN va-yo-MER naf-LA naf-LA BA-vel ve-KHOL-pe-si-LE e-lo-HE-ha shi-BAR la-A-rets
- sentence
ve-hin-NE-ze BA RE-khev ISH TSE-med pa-ra-SHIM va-ya-AN va-yo-MER naf-LA naf-LA BA-vel ve-KHOL-pe-si-LE e-lo-HE-ha shi-BAR la-A-rets
Exegesis
The chain pǝ·sî·lê ʾĕ·lō·hê·hā {פְּסִילֵי אֱלֹהֶיהָ | pǝ·sî·lê ʾĕ·lō·hê·hā} maintains the possessive structure, and the verb šib·bār {שִׁבַּר | šib·bār} plus lā·ʾā·reṣ {לָאָרֶץ | lā·ʾā·reṣ} conveys total destruction by casting the idols to the earth.
Root and etymology
ʾ-r-ṣaleph–resh–tsade
“land, earth, ground”
In context — Isaiah 21:9
And behold, here comes a chariot of a man with a pair of horsemen. And he answered and said, “Babylon has fallen, has fallen; and all the idols of her gods he has shattered to the ground .”
About this coordinate
Isaiah 21:9:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Isaiah 21:9, so the Hebrew word לָאָֽרֶץ׃ (laarets) 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.21.9.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.21.9.W15.S1) and character.