ארץ

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ארץ

  • /ʔart͡sˤ/ ~ /ʔarsˤ/
  • /ˈʔɛ.rɛsˤ/ [ˈʔɛː.ʀɛsˤ]
  • /ˈʔa.rasˤ/ [ˈʔæː.rɑsˤ]
  • /ˈ(ʔ)e.res/ Persian
  • /ˈ(ʔ)e.ret͡s/ West
  • /ˈʔe.resˤ/ East
  • /ˈ(ʔ)ɛ.rɛt͡s/
  • /ˈ(ʔ)e.ʁet͡s/ Modern Israeli

Where it comes from

From Proto-Semitic *ʔarṣ́-.

noun אֶרֶץ · érets · אֲרָצוֹת · אֶרֶץ־ · אַרְצוֹת־ · form אָרֶץ

  1. country, land ביקרתי בהרבה ארצות.
  2. territory, district, region
  3. formal Earth (the third planet of the Solar System; the world upon which humans live) בְּרֵאשִׁית בָּרָא אֱלֹהִים אֵת הַשָּׁמַיִם וְאֵת הָאָרֶץ׃

    Similar: כַּדּוּר הָאָרֶץ

  4. ground, soil

    Similar: אֲדָמָה

  5. common, definite Israel כמה זמן את גרה בארץ?

In English

  • country region of land
  • earth the ground, land
  • state a political division of a federation retaining a degree of autonomy
  • land part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water
  • Earth third planet of the Solar System

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {ארץ},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%A5},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}