Saturday, May 27, 2017

This Morning Holy Spirit Said, "Eretz"

                     Eretz Yisrael 

Hebrew (, Yiddish )
noun Judaism
1. the Holy Land; Israel
2. the concept, favoured by some extreme Zionists, of a Jewish state the territory of which matched the largest expanse of biblical Israel

407 noun feminineGenesis 10:11 & (seldom) masculineGenesis 13:16 earth, land (Phoenician, MI ארץ, Assyrian irƒitu COTGloss, Arabic , Sabean ארץֿ e.g. Os9 DHMZMG 1875, 594, 614; Semitic Sprachf. 12, compare PräBAS i. 374 n., Aramaic אֲרַע) — ׳א absolute Genesis 1:24 +; construct Genesis 2:11 +; אָ֑רֶץ Genesis 1:10 +; with article always הָאָ֫רֶץ Genesis 1:11 +; with ָ  ה locative אַ֫רְצָה Genesis 11:31 +, (this form also in poetry = אֶרֶץ Job 34:13 +); suffix אַרְצִי Job 20:15 +; (אַרְצֶ֑ךָ) אַרְצְךָ Job 12:1 +, etc.; plural אֲרָצוֺת Jeremiah 28:8 65t.; construct אַרְצוֺתEzekiel 39:27 6t.; suffix אַרְצֹתָם Genesis 10:5 2t.; —
1. a. earth, whole earth (opposed to a part) Genesis 18:18,25Genesis 22:18 (= הָאֲדָמָה Genesis 12:3Jeremiah 25:26,29,30; Jeremiah 26:6Isaiah 37:16,20 = 2 Kings 19:152 Kings 19:19Zechariah 4:10Zechariah 4:14 +.
b. earth, opposed to heaven, sky Genesis 1:2Exodus 20:4Deuteronomy 5:8Deuteronomy 30:19Judges 5:4Lamentations 2:1Isaiah 37:16 = 2 Kings 19:15Psalm 146:61 Chronicles 21:161 Chronicles 29:11; 2Chron 2:11 +; as permanent Ecclesiastes 1:4; built on foundations, or pillars 1 Samuel 2:8Psalm 104:5Job 38:4Isaiah 48:13Isaiah 51:13,16 compare also Isaiah 24:18Psalm 82:5; firm, so that its shaking is something terrible, & token of terrible power 1 Samuel 14:42 Samuel 22:8 = Psalm 18:8Job 9:6 compare Psalm 46:2 & Psalm 46:6; so also Amos 8:8Isaiah 2:19,21Isaiah 24:18,19,20; Psalm 60:4Psalm 77:19Psalm 99:1Psalm 114:7; as hung on nothing Job 26:7; with waters under it Exodus 20:4 = Deuteronomy 5:8 compare Genesis 7:11; personified, especially as addressed, called to witness, etc. Deuteronomy 32:1Jeremiah 6:19Jeremiah 22:29Isaiah 1:2Micah 1:2Job 16:18.
c. earth = inhabitants of earth Genesis 6:111 Kings 2:21 Kings 10:24Psalm 33:8Psalm 66:4 #NAME?׳תֵּבֵל אProverbs 8:31Job 37:12.
2 land =
a. country, territoryשִׁנְעָר ׳א Genesis 10:10מִצְרַיִם׳א Genesis 21:21; compare also Genesis 10:11Genesis 11:28,31Genesis 13:10Genesis 47:6,27Genesis 50:8Isaiah 7:18Isaiah 23:1Isaiah 23:13Isaiah 27:13Psalm 78:12Jeremiah 25:201 Chronicles 1:43; personified Isaiah 62:4Ecclesiastes 10:16,17.
b. district, region Genesis 19:28Genesis 22:2Joshua 11:3Psalm 42:7.
c. tribal territory Deuteronomy 34:2Judges 21:211 Samuel 9:4,161 Samuel 13:71 Kings 15:20Isaiah 8:23; and still smaller territories 1 Samuel 9:4,5.
d. piece of ground Genesis 23:15.
e. specifically land of Canaan, or IsraeGenesis 11:31Genesis 12:1Genesis 12:5Genesis 12:6Genesis 12:7Genesis 31:3Exodus 14:34Deuteronomy 17:14Deuteronomy 18:92 Kings 5:2,4 +; especially object of יָרַשׁ possess Deuteronomy 3:20 #NAME? Deuteronomy, Psalms and elsewhere; so after נָחַל Joshua 19:49 +; נָתַןDeuteronomy 1:21 +.
f. = inhabitants land Leviticus 19:29Ezekiel 14:13 #NAME? Deuteronomy 24:4Zechariah 12:12 etc.
g. used even of Sh®°ôl Job 10:21,22 (compare Assyrian irƒit la târatland without return, in Descent of Ishtar, see Jr10. 65); see also Psalm 139:15Isaiah 44:23.
3. a. ground, surface of groundאֲדָמָה q. v. Genesis 1:26,30Genesis 18:2Genesis 33:3Genesis 38:9Exodus 4:3Exodus 16:4Ruth 2:101 Samuel 5:4 + very often in Samuel.
4 אֶרֶץ in phrases:
a. people of the land ׳עַםהָֿא of non-Israelites Genesis 23:7,12,13 (P) Numbers 14:9 (JE); as well as Israel Leviticus 20:4 (H) 2 Kings 15:52 Kings 16:152 Kings 21:24 (twice in verse); especially common people, opposed to officials, princes Leviticus 4:27 (P) Ezekiel 7:272 Kings 11:18,19.
b. in measurements of distance׳כִּבְרַת הָא the space or distance of country (seeכּברהGenesis 35:16, so ׳כִּבְרַת א some distanceGenesis 48:72 Kings 5:19.
c. אֶרֶץ הַמִּישׁוֺר the country of the plain, level or plain country Deuteronomy 4:33Jeremiah 48:21מִישׁוֺר ׳א figurative Psalm 143:10 (but read אֹרַח ᵑ6 Bi Gr Che, compare Psalm 27:11).
d. חַיִּים ׳א land of the living Psalm 27:13הַחַיִּים ׳אPsalm 142:6.
e. ׳קְצֵה הָא end(s) of the earth Isaiah 42:10Isaiah 43:6 ("" רָחוֺקPsalm 135:7Proverbs 17:24, so ׳אַפְסֵי א Proverbs 30:4 +; ׳קְצוֺת הָא Isaiah 40:28Isaiah 41:5,9.
5 plural אֲרָצוֺת is almost wholly late, Jeremiah 16:15 6t. Jeremiah; 23t. Ezekiel; Isaiah 36:20Isaiah 37:11 = 2 Kings 18:352 Kings 19:11 (Isaiah 37:18 read הַגּוֺיִם see Che Di & compare 2 Kings 19:17); 22t. Chronicles; Daniel 9:7Daniel 11:40,42Psalm 105:44Psalm 106:27Psalm 107:3Psalm 116:9; besides these only P Genesis 10:5,20,31; Leviticus 26:36,39, except Genesis 26:3,4 (JRGenesis 41:54 (JE); it denotes lands, countries, often in contrast to Canaan, lands of the nations, etc., see especially absolute Ezekiel 20:32Ezekiel 22:4; = the various petty divisions of Canaan afterward united under Israel's control Genesis 26:3,4, compare 1 Chronicles 13:2 אַרְצוֺת יִשְׂרָאֵל, 2 Chronicles 11:23 אַרְצוֺת יְהוּדָה.



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