ארץ

ארץ

See also: אַרץ‎

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
א־ר־ץ‎ (ʾ-r-ṣ)

From Proto-Semitic *ʔarṣ́-. Compare Arabic أَرْض‎ (ʔarḍ) and Aramaic אַרְעָא‎.

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈeʁet͡s/
• (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): [ˈe.ɾet͡s], [ˈe.ʁet͡s]
• (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈeres/, [ˈeɾes]
• (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈʔæræsˤ/
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): [ˈʔɛːrˤɛsˤ]
• (Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈʔeresˤ/

Noun

אֶרֶץ • ('éretz) f (plural indefinite אֲרָצוֹת‎, singular construct אֶרֶץ־, plural construct אַרְצוֹת־‎, Biblical Hebrew pausal form אָרֶץ) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

1. country, land
2. territory, district, region
3. earth, Earth
   • Genesis 1:1, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     ‏בְּרֵאשִׁית בָּרָא אֱלֹהִים אֵת הַשָּׁמַיִם וְאֵת הָאָרֶץ׃‎‎

     b'reshít bará 'elohím 'ét hashamáyim v'ét ha'árets.

     In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

4. ground, soil
5. (definite, popular) Israel

Usage notes

• The definite form of this noun is הָאָרֶץ‎ (ha'árets).

Declension

Declension of אֶרֶץ

Number	Isolated forms		With possessive pronouns
	State	Form	Person	singular		plural
				m.	f.	m.	f.
singular	indefinite	אֶרֶץ	first	אַרְצִי‎		אַרְצֵנוּ‎
	definite	הָאָרֶץ‎	second	אַרְצְךָ‎	אַרְצֵךְ‎	אַרְצְכֶם‎	אַרְצְכֶן‎
	construct	אֶרֶץ־	third	אַרְצוֹ‎	אַרְצָהּ‎	אַרְצָם‎	אַרְצָן‎
plural	indefinite	אֲרָצוֹת‎	first	ארצותיי / אַרְצוֹתַי‎		אַרְצוֹתֵינוּ‎
	definite	הָאֲרָצוֹת‎	second	אַרְצוֹתֶיךָ‎	ארצותייך / אַרְצוֹתַיִךְ‎	אַרְצוֹתֵיכֶם‎	אַרְצוֹתֵיכֶן‎
	construct	אַרְצוֹת־‎	third	אַרְצוֹתָיו‎	אַרְצוֹתֶיהָ‎	אַרְצוֹתָם‎	אַרְצוֹתָן‎

Synonyms

• אֲדָמָה‎ ('adamá)

Derived terms

• אַרְצִי‎ ('artsí)
• כַּדּוּר הָאָרֶץ‎ (kadúr ha'áretz)
• חוּץ לָאָרֶץ‎ (khutz la'áretz)
• אֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל‎ ('érets yisra'él)
• אַרְצוֹת הַבְּרִית‎ ('ar'tsót hab'rít)
• דֶּרֶךְ־אֶרֶץ‎ (dérekh-érets)
• עַם הָאָרֶץ‎ ('am ha'árets)

See also

• מְדִינָה‎ (m'diná)
• (planets of the Solar System) חַמָּה‎ (khamá), נוגה / נֹגַהּ‎ (nógah), אֶרֶץ (érets), מַאֲדִים‎ (ma'adím), צֶדֶק‎ (tsédek), שַׁבְּתַאי‎ (shabtá'i), אוּרָנוּס‎ (uránus) or אוֹרוֹן‎ (orón), נֶפטוּן‎ (néptun) or רַהַב‎ (raháv)