בְּ/אַרְצִ֑/י

𐤁/𐤀𐤓𐤑/𐤉

ʼerets

in my land

Physical ground, earth, or land; refers to soil or terrain, as well as to a specific territory, region, or country. In broader contexts, can denote the inhabited world or the entirety of the earth, in contrast to the heavens. Semantic range includes the literal earth’s surface, a portion of the earth as a land or country (often with reference to named territories, such as the land of Egypt or the land of Canaan), and, in more abstract senses, the general concept of the earth as the habitation or realm of humanity.

Ayé "the world, the earth" (Yoruba)

H776

2 Chronicles 9:5 · Word #8

Lexicon H776

Lemmaאֶרֶץ
Lemma (Paleo)𐤀𐤓𐤑
Transliterationʼerets
Strong'sH776
DefinitionPhysical ground, earth, or land; refers to soil or terrain, as well as to a specific territory, region, or country. In broader contexts, can denote the inhabited world or the entirety of the earth, in contrast to the heavens. Semantic range includes the literal earth’s surface, a portion of the earth as a land or country (often with reference to named territories, such as the land of Egypt or the land of Canaan), and, in more abstract senses, the general concept of the earth as the habitation or realm of humanity.

Morphology HR/Ncbsc/Sp1cs 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 c — Construct — The noun is bound to the following word

Common Translation

Phrasein my land

SIBI-P1 Translation H776-19

in my land

Morphological NotesPreposition בְּ + noun common singular construct אֶרֶץ + 1st person common singular pronominal suffix.
Rendering RationaleThe noun אֶרֶץ denotes solid ground or territory; with the preposition בְּ ("in") and a 1st person singular suffix, the form means "in my land," preserving both the territorial sense and the possessive morphology.

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SILEX v2

SIBI-P2 (Context-Aware)

in my land

Same as P1Yes
RationaleP1 is contextually accurate: the phrase refers to a geographical location possessed by the speaker.

Bantu Hebrew

בְּ/אַרְצִ֑/י (ʼerets) — Physical ground, earth, or land; refers to soil or terrain, as well as to a specific territory, region, or country. In broader contexts, can denote the inhabited world or the entirety of the earth, in contrast to the heavens. Semantic range includes the literal earth’s surface, a portion of the earth as a land or country (often with reference to named territories, such as the land of Egypt or the land of Canaan), and, in more abstract senses, the general concept of the earth as the habitation or realm of humanity.

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Word Meaning Language
Ayé the world, the earth Yoruba