Proverbs 30:21:4Prov.30.21.W4TAB
אֶ֑רֶץ
erets
“earth”
- Transliteration
- E-rets
- Extended
- EH-rehts
- IPA
- /ˈʔɛrɛts/
Meaning by language
- English
- earth
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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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Word in context
- word
E-rets
- clause
TA-khat sha-LOSH rag-ZA E-rets
- sentence
TA-khat sha-LOSH rag-ZA E-rets ve-TA-khat ar-BA LO-tu-KHAL se-ET
Exegesis
A numeric modifier shalosh {שָׁ֭לוֹשׁ | šā-lōš} ‘three’ accompanies the verb ragezah {רָ֣גְזָה | rā-gez-āh} ‘trembles’, personifying eretz {אֶ֑רֶץ | ʾe-reṣ} ‘earth’ through feminine singular agreement.
Root and etymology
Rootʾ-r-ṣ
“earth, land”
In context — Proverbs 30:21
Under three things the earth trembles, and under four she cannot bear.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 30:21:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Proverbs 30:21, so the Hebrew word אֶ֑רֶץ (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 Prov.30.21.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.30.21.W4.S1) and character.