BDB109 [H127 H128]
1. ground (as tilled, yielding sustenance) Gen 2:5; Gen 2:9; Gen 3:17; Gen 3:23; Gen 4:2; Gen 4:3; Gen 4:12; Gen 5:29; Gen 8:21; Gen 19:25; Gen 47:23; Exod 34:26 (all J ); Exod 23:19 (E ) Deut 7:13; Deut 11:17; Deut 26:2; Deut 26:10; Deut 26:15; Deut 28:4; Deut 28:11; Deut 28:18; Deut 28:33; Deut 28:42; Deut 28:51; Deut 30:9; 2Sam 9:10; Isa 1:7; Isa 28:24; Isa 30:23 (twice in verse); Isa 30:24; Jer 7:20; Jer 14:4; Jer 25:33; Hag 1:11; Mal 3:11; Ps 83:11; Ps 105:35; Prov 12:11; Prov 28:19; 1Chr 27:26; Neh 10:36; Neh 10:38 compare figurative Job 5:6 (|| עפר ); personified Job 31:38; Joel 1:10 also ׳ אִישׁ הָא Gen 9:20 (J ) tiller, husbandman ; meton. ׳ אֹהֵב א 2Chr 26:10 i.e. lover of husbandry (or do these point to earlier meaning tillage ? compare DlPr 105 ) ׳ אִישׁ עֹבֵד א Zech 13:5.
2. piece of ground , landed property Gen 47:18; Gen 47:19 (3 t. in verse); Gen 47:20; Gen 47:22 (twice in verse); Gen 47:23; Gen 47:26 (all J ) Ps 49:12 (plural)
3. earth as material substance; of which man is made Gen 2:7 (׳ עָפָד מִןהָֿא ); so animals vGen 2:19 (׳ מִןהָֿא ); altar Exod 20:24 earthen vessels ׳ חַרְשֵׂי א Isa 45:9 on head, sign of woe 1Sam 4:12; 2Sam 1:2; 2Sam 15:32 of contrition Neh 9:1 (compare אֵפֶר , עָפָר ; ׳ מַעֲבֵה הָא 1Kgs 7:46 compare 2Chr 4:17 (firmness of earth , firm earth, clay-ground, for casting-moulds; or clay-moulds (Berthau ) ? or is this n.pr. ? Klo proposes בַּמְּעָרָה הָאֲדֻמָּה in the red cave ); mule-loads of 2Kgs 5:17 in it lie the dead מִיְּשֵׁנֵי אַדְמַתעָֿפָר Dan 12:2 compare Gen 3:19; Gen 3:23; Ps 146:4.
4. ground as earth's visible surface; ׳ רֶמֶס הָא Gen 1:25; Gen 6:20 (both P ) Hos 2:20 compare Gen 7:8; Gen 9:2 (J ?) Lev 20:25 (P ) Deut 4:18; Ezek 38:20 also Gen 4:10 (J ) Isa 24:21; Amos 3:5; Zeph 1:2; Zeph 1:3 as wet with dew 2Sam 17:12 rain 1Kgs 17:14; 1Kgs 18:1 compare personified אֶתפִּֿיהָ ׳ פָּֽצְתָה הָא Num 16:30 (P ) (|| ארץ vNum 16:32), see vNum 16:31 of particular place, spot קֹדֶשׁ ׳ א Exod 3:5 especially as abode of man Gen 4:11; Exod 10:6; Deut 4:10; Deut 4:40; Deut 12:1; 1Sam 20:31; 2Sam 14:7 often ׳ פְּנֵי הָא Gen 2:6; Gen 4:14; Gen 6:1; Gen 6:7; Gen 7:4; Gen 7:23; Gen 8:8; Gen 8:13; Exod 32:12; Exod 33:16; Num 12:3; Deut 6:15; Deut 7:6 (all J , D ) 1Sam 20:15 + 9 t.
5. land, territory, country (= ארץ ) Gen 47:19 (J ) Lev 20:24 (J ? — || ארץ ) construct before proper name מִצְרַיִם ׳ א Gen 47:20; Gen 47:26 יְהוּדָה ׳ א Isa 19:17 יִשְׂרָאֵל ׳ א Ezek 11:17 + 16 t. Ezekiel; especially of land as promised or given by ׳ י to his people = Canaan Gen 28:15; Exod 20:12; Num 11:12; Num 32:11 (all J ?) Deut 5:16 + 16 t. Deuteronomy, Joshua; 1Kgs 8:34; 1Kgs 8:40 +; Jer 16:15; Jer 24:10; Jer 25:5; Jer 35:15; Ezek 28:25; 2Chr 6:25; 2Chr 6:31; 2Chr 7:20; 2Chr 33:8 compare also Deut 12:19; Deut 21:23; Deut 29:27; 2Kgs 17:23; Isa 6:11; Isa 7:16; Isa 14:1 +, Ezek 34:13; Ezek 34:27 +, Neh 9:25 (שְׁמֵנָה ׳ א ), — in all with 41 t.; + Joel 2:21 (personified); הַקֹּדֶשׁ ׳ א Zech 2:16 (compare below 4 above); hence also as Yahweh's land Deut 32:43; Isa 14:2; Zech 9:16; 2Chr 7:20.
6. whole earth , inhabited earth (seldom; compare also ׳ פְּנֵי הָא below 4 above) Gen 12:3; Gen 28:14 (both J compare אֶרֶץ Gen 18:18; Gen 22:18; Gen 26:4) Deut 14:2; Amos 3:2; Isa 24:21.
7. proper name, of a location city in Naphtali (as built compare אָדָם 4 ? = ed-Dâme ?) west of L. Gennes. Josh 19:36 see Di .
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