Original Language Studio
Genesis 1:2
“And the earth was without form and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
אֶרֶץʼerets · eh'-rets
H776 · Hebrew
H776 · Hebrew
- Definition
- the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
- Derivation
- from an unused root probably meaning to be firm;
- KJV renderings
- [idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.
- Grammar
- וְ — conjunction
- הָ — particle (definite article)
- אָ֗רֶץ — common noun, both genders, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 2,505 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 1:1Genesis 1:10Genesis 1:11Genesis 1:11Genesis 1:12
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read אֶרֶץ here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.