Judges 20:21:12Judg.20.21.W12TAB
אָֽרְצָה׃
artsa
“to the ground”
- Transliteration
- AR-tsa
- Extended
- AAR-tsah
- IPA
- /ˈʔaːr.tsɔː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the ground
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 | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
AR-tsa
- clause
va-yash-KHI-tu ve-yis-ra-EL ba-YOM ha-HU she-NAI-im ve-es-RIM E-lef ISH AR-tsa
- sentence
va-ye-TSU be-NEI-vin-ya-MIN min-ha-giv-A va-yash-KHI-tu ve-yis-ra-EL ba-YOM ha-HU she-NAI-im ve-es-RIM E-lef ISH AR-tsa
Exegesis
The directional noun artzah {אָרְצָה | ’orṣāh} ‘to the ground’ with the he-suffix expresses the result of the action. English reorders elements to subject–verb–object–result to maintain clarity while preserving Hebrew emphasis.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–resh–tsade
“ground, earth”
In context — Judges 20:21
And the sons of Benjamin came out from Gibeah and struck down twenty-two thousand men in Israel on that day to the ground .
About this coordinate
Judges 20:21:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Judges 20:21, so the Hebrew word אָֽרְצָה׃ (artsa) 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 Judg.20.21.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.21.W12.S1) and character.