אֶרֶץ

<div class="bdb-entrada"><strong lang="he" dir="rtl">אֶ֫רֶץ</strong> n. f. &amp; (seld.) m. <em>earth</em>, <em>land</em>

<em>earth</em>, whole earth (opp. to a part)
<em>earth</em>, opp. to heaven, sky
<em>earth</em> = inhabitants of earth

<em>land</em> =
country, territory
district, region
trial territory
piece of ground
specif. <em>land</em> of Canaan, or Israel
= inhabitants of land
used even of Shᵉʼôl


<em>ground</em>, surface of ground
<em>soil</em>, as productive

<strong lang="he" dir="rtl">אֶרֶץ</strong> in phrases
<em>people of the land</em>
in measurements of distance
<em>the country of the plain</em>, <em>level</em> or <em>plain country</em>
<em>land of the living</em>
<em>end(s) of the earth</em>

pl. <strong lang="he" dir="rtl">אֲרָצוֹת</strong> is almost wholly late; it denotes <em>lands</em>, <em>countries</em>, often in contrast to Canaan, <em>lands of the nations</em>, etc.
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