personified, especially as addressed, called to witness, etc. Dt 32:1 Je 6:1 9; 22:29 Is 1:2 Mi 1:2 Jb 16:1 8. c. earth = inhabitants of earth Gn 6:11 ; 11:1 1 K 2: 2; 10:24 ψ
33:8
;
66:4
+
cf.
תֵּבֵל א׳
Pr 8:31 Jb 37:1
2.
2.
land
=
a.
country, territory,
א׳ שִׁנְעָר
Gn 10:1
0,
א׳ מִצְרַיִם
21:2
1;
cf.
also
10:11
;
11:28
,
31
;
13:10
;
47:6
,
27
;
50:8 Is 7:1
8;
23:1
,
13
;
27:13
ψ 78:12
Je 25:20 1 Ch 1:4
3; personif.
Is 62:4 Ec 10:1
6,
17
.
b.
district, region
Gn 19:28
;
22:2 Jos 11:3
ψ 42:7
.
c.
tribal territory
Dt 34:2 Ju
21:21 1 S 9: 4, 16 ; 13:7 1 K 15:20 Is 8:2 3; and still smaller territories 1 S 9:4 , 5 . d. piece of ground Gn 23:15 . e. specif. land of Canaan, or Israel Gn 11:31 ; 12:1 , 5 , 6 , 7 ; 31:3 Lv 14:34 Dt 17:1 4; 18:9 2 K 5: 2, 4 +; especially obj. of יָרַשׁ possess Dt 3:20 + often Dt ψ al. ; so after נָחַל Jos 19:49 +; נָתַן Dt 1:21 +. f. = inhabitants of land Lv 19:29 Ez 14:13 + cf. Dt 24:4 Zc 12:12 etc. g. used even of Sh e˒ôl Jb 10:2 1, 22 ( cf. Assyrian irṣit la târat , land without return , in Descent of Ishtar, v. Jr 1 0, 65 ); v. also ψ
139:15 Is 44:2 3. 3. a. ground , surface of ground = אֲדָמָה q.v. Gn 1:2 6, 30 ; 18:2 ; 33:3 ; 38:9 Ex 4: 3; 16:14 Ru 2:10 1 S 5:4 + very often in S. b. soil , as productive =
אֲדָמָה
Gn 1:1
1,
12 Lv 19:
9;
25:19
;
26:4
cf.
Nu 14:
7,
8 Is 36:17
=
2 K 18:32
ψ 72:6
,
16
;
107:34
,
35 Ezr 9:12 Ne 9:3
5.
4.
אֶרֶץ
in phrases:
a.
people of the land
עַם־הָא׳
of non-Israelites
Gn 23:7
,
12
,
13
(
P
)
Nu 14:9
(JE); as well as Isr.
Lv 20:4
(
H
)
2 K 15:5
;
16:15
;
21:24
(×2); especially common people,
opp.
officials, princes
Lv 4:27
(
P
)
Ez 7:27 2 K 11:1
8,
19
.
•
b.
in measurements of distance,
כִּבְרַת הָא׳
the space
or
distance of country
(
v.
כּברה
)
Gn 35:16
, so
כִּבְרַת א׳
some distance
Gn 48:7 2 K 5:1
9.
c.
אֶרֶץ הַמִּישֹׁור
the country of the plain, level
or
plain country
Dt 4:33 Je 48:2
1;
א׳ מִישֹׁור
fig.
ψ 143:10
(but read
אֹרַח
ã
Bi Gr Ch
e,
cf.
ψ 27:11
).
d.
א׳חַיִּים
land of the living
ψ 27:13
;
א׳ הַחַיִּים
ψ 142:6
+.
e.
קְצֵה הָא׳
end
(
s
)
of the earth
Is 42:1
0;
43:6
(
||
רָחֹוק
)
ψ 135:7
Pr 17:2
4, so
אַפְסֵי א׳
Pr 30:4
+;
קְצֹות הָא׳
Is 40:2
8;
41:5
,
9
.
5.
pl.
אֲרָצֹות
is almost wholly late,
Je 16:15
+
6 times Je;
23
times Ez;
Is 36:20
;
37:11
=
2 K 18:3
5;
19:11
(
Is 37:18
read
הַגֹּויִם
v. Che Di
&
cf.
2 K 19:1
7); 22 times Chr;
Dn 9:7
;
11:40
,
42
;
ψ 105:44
;
106:27
;
107:3
;
116:9
; besides these only
P
Gn 10:
5,
20
,
31 Lv 26:3
6,
39
, except
Gn 26:3
,
4
(
J
R)
41:54
(JE); it denotes
lands, countries
, often in contrast to Canaan,
lands of the nations
, etc.,
v.
especially
abs.
Ez 20:3
2;
22:4
;
=
the various petty divisions of Canaan afterward united under Israel’s control
Gn 26:3
,
4
,
cf.
1 Ch 13:2
אַרְצֹות יִשְׂרָאֵל
,
2 Ch 11:23
אַרְצֹות יְהוּדָה
.
•
אַרְצָא
S
777
GK
825
n.pr.m.
chamberlain of Zimri
1 K 16:9
.
H Code of Holiness. Bi G. Bickell.
Gr H. Grätz.