בָּ/אָ֑רֶץ

𐤁/𐤀𐤓𐤑

baarets

on the earth

from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land); [idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.

H776

Genesis 6:5 · Word #7

Lexicon H776

Lemmaאֶרֶץ
Lemma (Paleo)𐤀𐤓𐤑
Transliterationʼerets
Strong'sH776
In-contexton the earth

Morphology HRd/Ncbsa All morphology codes

Part of Speech N — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea
Subtype c — Common — Common noun
Gender b — Both — Both (masculine and feminine)
Number s — Singular — Singular
State a — Absolute — The noun stands independently

SIBI-P1 H776-13

in the firm land

Rootארץ (ʾ-r-ṣ)
Core Meaningsfirmness, solidity, ground, land, earth
Semantic Rangeearth (whole world), land (specific region or country), ground, field, soil, nation, common (as in shared earth), wilderness, way (path on land)
Conceptual Significanceאֶרֶץ represents God's created order and the arena of His covenant promises, such as the Promised Land to Abraham's descendants (Gen 12:7); it contrasts heavenly and earthly realms, underscores human dominion over creation (Gen 1:28), and symbolizes exile/restoration themes central to Israel's theology.
Morphological NotesHRd/Ncbsa: definite (ha- with dagesh) singular feminine common noun in the construct state (indicated by 'ba-' 'in' + אָרֶץ); appears with various cantillation marks but uniform morphology.
Rendering RationaleThis rendering preserves the root's probable core sense of 'firmness' or 'solidity' by using 'firm land,' evoking the earth's stable, grounded nature as opposed to generic 'land'; it directly reflects the morphology as a singular feminine noun (Ncbsa) with the definite article (HRd), translated as 'the firm land' but contextually 'in the firm land' matching the common 'in the land.'

AI-generated (perplexity/sonar-pro)

Words from Root ארץ (firmness, solidity, ground, land, earth)

SILEX Code Transliteration SIBI-P1
H776-02 arets firm land
H776-03 aretsah to her firmness
H776-04 aretsam their**firm-ground**
H776-05 aretsekha your land
H776-06 aretsekhe your firm-land
H776-07 aretsekhem your land
H776-08 aretsenu our firm land
H776-11 aretsot lands
H776-12 baaratsot in-firm-lands
H776-14 bearetsam in their**firm-lands**
H776-16 bearetsekhe in your land
H776-17 bearetsekhem in your firm land
H776-18 bearetsenu in our firm-land
H776-19 bearetsi in my land
H776-20 bearetso in his land
H776-21 bearetsot in the firm-lands
H776-22 bearetsotam in their firm-lands
H776-23 beerets in the firm land
H776-24 erets the firm-standing earth
H776-25 haaratsot the firm lands
H776-26 haarets the firm-standing land
H776-27 kearetsekhem like your lands
H776-28 keerets as a land
H776-29 khaarets the firm ground
H776-30 kheerets like-the-firm-ground
H776-31 laarets to the land
H776-32 learetsah to her firm-land
H776-33 learetsekha to your land
H776-34 learetso to his firm-land
H776-36 mearets from a land
H776-37 mearetsam of their firm-land
H776-38 mearetsekha from your land
H776-39 mearetso from his land
H776-40 mearetsot from firm-lands
H776-41 meerets from the firm-land
H776-42 mehaarets from the firm land
H776-44 ulearetsam and to their lands
H776-45 ulearetsekhe and to your land
H776-47 umearatsot and from the firm lands
H776-48 umearetso and from his firm-land
H776-49 umeerets and from the firm land
H776-50 uvaarets and-in-the-firm-land
H776-51 uvearetsekhem and in your**m.pl.** firm lands
H776-54 vaarets in the land
H776-55 vearetsah and-its-firm-land
H776-56 vearetsekha in your land
H776-57 vearetsekhe and your firm-land
H776-58 vearetsenu our firm-land
H776-59 vearetso in his firm-land
H776-61 vehaarets and the firm land
H776-62 velaarets and-for-the-firm-land

Word Usage (2505 occurrences of H776)

Location Form Transliteration Meaning
Genesis 1:1 הָ/אָֽרֶץ haarets the earth
Genesis 1:2 וְ/הָ/אָ֗רֶץ vehaarets and the earth
Genesis 1:10 אֶ֔רֶץ erets Earth