Job 16:18:1Job.16.18.W1TAB
אֶ֭רֶץ
erets
“earth”
- Transliteration
- E-rets
- Extended
- EH-rehts
- IPA
- /ˈʔɛ.rɛts/
Meaning by language
- English
- earth
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Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| 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
E-rets
- clause
E-rets al-te-kha-SI da-MI
- sentence
E-rets al-te-kha-SI da-MI ve-al-ye-HI ma-KOM le-za-a-ka-TI
Exegesis
The verse is structured as a tightly balanced poetic couplet, opening with the vocative eretz {אֶ֭רֶץ | ʾereṣ} ‘earth’ to summon creation as a witness.
Root and etymology
consonantsaleph–resh–tsade
“earth, ground”
In context — Job 16:18
Earth, do not cover my blood, and do not let there be a place for my cry.
About this coordinate
Job 16:18:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Job 16:18, so the Hebrew word אֶ֭רֶץ (erets) 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 Job.16.18.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.16.18.W1.S1) and character.