Proverbs 8:26:3Prov.8.26.W3TAB
אֶ֣רֶץ
erets
“earth or land”
- Transliteration
- E-rets
- Extended
- EH-rehts
- IPA
- /ˈʔɛ.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 | |
| 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
ad-LO a-SA E-rets ve-khu-TSOT
- sentence
ad-LO a-SA E-rets ve-khu-TSOT ve-ROSH a-fe-ROT TE-vel
Exegesis
The sequence eretz ve-chutsot ve-rosh aphrot tevel {אֶרֶץ וְחוּצוֹת וְרֹאשׁ עָפְרוֹת תֵּבֵל | ʾereṣ wə-ḥûṣôṯ wə-rôʾš ʿaprôṯ tēvêl} forms a threefold parallelism listing land, open fields, and the onset of the world’s dust. The repeated conjunction ve- provides cumulative emphasis. English renditions preserve this structure and the temporal negation, sustaining the progression of creative stages.
Root and etymology
“land, earth”
In context — Proverbs 8:26
Before He made the land or the fields , or the beginning of the dust of the world.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 8:26:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Proverbs 8:26, so the Hebrew word אֶ֣רֶץ (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.8.26.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.8.26.W3.S1) and character.