Genesis 38:9:13Gen.38.9.W13PAT
אַ֔רְצָה
aretsa
“to the ground”
- Transliteration
- AR-e-tsa
- Extended
- AHR-eh-tsaa
- IPA
- /ˈʔa.rə.tsaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the ground
- French
- à terre
- Spanish
- a la tierra
- Portuguese
- à terra
- German
- zur Erde
- Russian
- на землю
- Arabic-Simplified
- إِلَى الْأَرْضِ
- Hindi
- भूमि पर
- Chinese-Simplified
- 在地上
- Korean
- 땅에
- Indonesian
- ke tanah
- Bengali
- মাটিতে
- Tagalog
- sa lupa
- Swahili
- chini
- Amharic
- ወደ ምድር
- Yoruba
- sí ilẹ̀
- Igbo
- n'ala
- Twi
- gu fam
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
AR-e-tsa
- phraseyour reading level
ve-shi-KHET AR-e-tsa
- clause
ve-ha-YA im-BA el-E-shet a-KHIV ve-shi-KHET AR-e-tsa le-vil-TI ne-tan-ZE-ra le-a-KHIV
- sentence
va-ye-DA o-NAN KI LO LO yi-he-YE ha-ZA-ra ve-ha-YA im-BA el-E-shet a-KHIV ve-shi-KHET AR-e-tsa le-vil-TI ne-tan-ZE-ra le-a-KHIV
In context — Genesis 38:9
and he knew Onan that not to him would be the offspring and it happened if he entered to the wife of his brother and he wasted to the ground in order not give offspring to his brother
About this coordinate
Genesis 38:9:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Genesis 38:9, so the Hebrew word אַ֔רְצָה (aretsa) 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 Gen.38.9.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.38.9.W13.S1) and character.