מֵ/אֶ֖רֶץ

𐤌/𐤀𐤓𐤑

meerets

from a land

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

Isaiah 21:1 · Word #9

Lexicon H776

Lemmaאֶרֶץ
Lemma (Paleo)𐤀𐤓𐤑
Transliterationʼerets
Strong'sH776
In-contextfrom a land

Morphology HR/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 H776-41

from the firm-land

Rootארץ (ʾ-r-ṣ)
Core Meaningsfirmness, solidity, ground, territory
Semantic RangeEarth at large, land/country, ground, field, nation, wilderness, world, common domain
Conceptual SignificanceErets represents God's ordered creation amid chaos, the promised territory of covenant (e.g., Canaan), and the arena of divine sovereignty and human exile/restoration, underscoring themes of stability, inheritance, and judgment in biblical theology.
Morphological NotesHR/Ncbsc: Hebrew noun (HR), common gender (Nc), bound/construct form (bsc), singular; preposition מֵ 'from' with inseparable preposition structure.
Rendering Rationale'Firm-land' preserves the root's probable meaning of 'to be firm,' evoking solidity and stability rather than generic 'land,' while 'from the' directly reflects the preposition מֵ and construct state (bsc) morphology. The form is a feminine singular noun in construct, rendered as such without added gender markers since English nouns lack grammatical gender. This maintains semantic connections to the earth's firmness as creation's stable foundation.

AI-generated (perplexity/sonar-pro)

Words from Root ארץ (firmness, solidity, ground, territory)

SILEX Code Transliteration SIBI-P1
H776-02 arets firm land
H777-01 aretsa Arza (Earthy-one)
H776-03 aretsah to her firmness

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