Job 18:4:6Job.18.4.W6TAB
אָ֑רֶץ
arets
“earth or land”
- Transliteration
- A-rets
- Extended
- AA-rehts
- IPA
- /ˈʔaː.rɛts/
Meaning by language
- English
- earth or land
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
A-rets
- phraseyour reading level
be-A-po hal-me-MA-an-kha te-a-ZAV A-rets
- clause
TO-ref naf-SHO be-A-po hal-me-MA-an-kha te-a-ZAV A-rets
- sentence
TO-ref naf-SHO be-A-po hal-me-MA-an-kha te-a-ZAV A-rets ve-ye-TAK-tsur mim-me-ko-MO
Exegesis
Teazav {תֵּעָזַב | tē-ʿā-zav}, a Niphal imperfect, takes aretz {אָרֶץ | ʾā-reṣ} ‘earth’ as its subject in a passive sense, and veyeetak {וְיֶעְתַּק | wə-yē-ʿə-taq}, a Qal imperfect, presents a parallel clause with tsur {צּוּר | ṣûr} ‘rock’ as its subject. These twin clauses form parallelism (earth abandoned // rock moved) to underscore the folly of expecting cosmic upheaval for personal turmoil.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–resh–tsade
“earth, land”
In context — Job 18:4
You who tear your life in your anger, is it for your sake that the earth will be forsaken, and that the rock will move from its place?
About this coordinate
Job 18:4:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Job 18:4, so the Hebrew word אָ֑רֶץ (arets) 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.18.4.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.18.4.W6.S1) and character.