Psalm 18:7:3Ps.18.7.W3TABWLC Psalms 18:8
הָאָרֶץ
haaretz
“the earth”
- Transliteration
- ha-A-retz
- Extended
- haa-AH-retz
Meaning by language
- English
- the earth
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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
ha-A-retz
- phraseyour reading level
ha-A-retz u-mos-DEI ha-RIM yir-GA-zu
- clause
va-tig-ASH va-tir-ASH ha-A-retz u-mos-DEI ha-RIM yir-GA-zu
- sentence
va-tig-ASH va-tir-ASH ha-A-retz u-mos-DEI ha-RIM yir-GA-zu va-yit-ga-a-SHU ki-KHA-ra LO
Exegesis
The noun aretz {אָרֶץ | ʾā-reṣ} ‘the earth’ serves as the subject of these actions.
Root and etymology
א־ר־ץ
“earth, land”
In context — Psalm 18:7
Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of the mountains also trembled and were shaken, because He was angry.
About this coordinate
Psalm 18:7:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Psalm 18:7, so the Hebrew word הָאָרֶץ (haaretz) 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 Ps.18.7.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Ps.18.7.W3.S1) and character.