H0776G–אֶ֫רֶץ–e.rets

And the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, Is it, in thine eyes, to honour thy father that David has sent comforters to thee? Is it not to search and overthrow, and to spy out the land that his servants are come to thee?

הָאָ֔רֶץ (אָ֔רֶץ) 'A.retz “land”

And it came to pass at the time of the return of the year, at the time when kings go forth, that Joab led forth the power of the army, and laid waste the land of the children of Ammon, and came and besieged Rabbah. But David abode at Jerusalem. And Joab smote Rabbah, and overthrew it.

אֶ֣רֶץ 'E.retz “[the] land of”

Choose thee, either three years of famine, or three months to be destroyed before thine adversaries while that the sword of thine enemies overtaketh thee, or three days the sword of Jehovah and the pestilence in the land, and the angel of Jehovah destroying through all the borders of Israel. And now consider what word I shall bring again to him that sent me.

בָּאָ֔רֶץ (אָ֔רֶץ) 'A.retz “land”

And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of Jehovah stand between the earth and the heavens, and his sword drawn in his hand, stretched out over Jerusalem. And David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell on their faces.

הָאָ֙רֶץ֙ (אָ֙רֶץ֙) 'A.retz “earth”

And David commanded to collect the strangers that were in the land of Israel; and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build the house of God.

בְּאֶ֣רֶץ (אֶ֣רֶץ) 'E.retz “[the] land of”

For David said, Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be built for Jehovah must be exceeding great in fame and in beauty in all lands: I will therefore make preparation for it. And David prepared abundantly before his death.

הָ֣אֲרָצ֔וֹת (אֲרָצ֔וֹת) 'a.ra.Tzot “lands”

But the word of Jehovah came to me saying, Thou hast shed blood abundantly, and hast made great wars: thou shalt not build a house unto my name, for thou hast shed much blood upon the earth in my sight.

אַ֖רְצָה (אַ֖רְצָ) 'Ar.tza “[the] ground”

Is not Jehovah your God with you? and has he [supplied: not] given you rest on every side? for he has given the inhabitants of the land into my hand; and the land is subdued before Jehovah, and before his people.

הָאָ֔רֶץ (אָ֔רֶץ) 'A.retz “land”הָאָ֛רֶץ (אָ֛רֶץ) 'A.retz “land”

And now in the sight of all Israel, the congregation of Jehovah, and in the audience of our God, -- keep and seek for all the commandments of Jehovah your God; that ye may possess the good land, and leave it as an inheritance to your children after you for ever.

הָאָ֣רֶץ (אָ֣רֶץ) 'A.retz “land”

Thine, Jehovah, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the splendour, and the majesty; for all that is in the heavens and on the earth is thine: thine, Jehovah, is the kingdom, and thou art exalted as Head above all;

וּבָאָ֑רֶץ (אָ֑רֶץ) 'A.retz “earth”

For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as all our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is no hope [supplied: of life].

הָאָ֖רֶץ (אָ֖רֶץ) 'A.retz “earth”

with all his reign and his might, and the times that passed over him, and over Israel, and over all the kingdoms of the countries.

הָאֲרָצֽוֹת׃ (אֲרָצֽוֹת) 'a.ra.Tzot “lands”

And Huram said, Blessed be Jehovah the God of Israel, that made the heavens and the earth, who has given to David the king a wise son, endued with prudence and understanding, who will build a house for Jehovah and a house for his kingdom.

הָאָ֑רֶץ (אָ֑רֶץ) 'A.retz “earth”

And Solomon numbered all the strangers that were in the land of Israel, after the account that David his father had taken of them, and there were found a hundred and fifty-three thousand six hundred.

בְּאֶ֣רֶץ (אֶ֣רֶץ) 'E.retz “[the] land of”

Since the day that I brought forth my people out of the land of Egypt I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build a house in, that my name might be there; neither chose I any man to be prince over my people Israel:

מֵאֶ֣רֶץ (אֶ֣רֶץ) 'E.retz “[the] land of”

and said, Jehovah, God of Israel! there is no God like thee, in the heavens or on the earth, who keepest covenant and mercy with thy servants that walk before thee with all their heart;

וּבָאָ֑רֶץ (אָ֑רֶץ) 'A.retz “earth”

But will God indeed dwell with man on the earth? behold, the heavens and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have built!

הָאָ֑רֶץ (אָ֑רֶץ) 'A.retz “earth”

then hear thou in the heavens, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, when thou teachest them the good way wherein they should walk; and give rain upon thy land, which thou hast given to thy people for an inheritance.

אַרְצְךָ֔ (אַרְצְ) 'ar.tze. “land”

If there be famine in the land, if there be pestilence, if there be blight or mildew, locust or caterpillar; if their enemies besiege them in the land of their gates; whatever plague or whatever sickness there be:

בָאָ֗רֶץ (אָ֗רֶץ) 'A.retz “land”בְּאֶ֣רֶץ (אֶ֣רֶץ) 'E.retz “[the] land of”

And as to the stranger also, who is not of thy people Israel, but cometh out of a far country for thy great name's sake, and thy mighty hand and thy stretched-out arm; when they shall come and pray toward this house,

מֵאֶ֣רֶץ (אֶ֣רֶץ) 'E.retz “a land”

then hear thou from the heavens, the settled place of thy dwelling, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for; in order that all peoples of the earth may know thy name, and may fear thee as do thy people Israel, and may know that this house which I have built is called by thy name.

הָאָ֜רֶץ (אָ֜רֶץ) 'A.retz “earth”

If they have sinned against thee (for there is no man that sinneth not), and thou be angry with them, and give them up to the enemy, and they have carried them away captives unto a land far off or near;

אֶ֥רֶץ 'E.retz “a land”

and if they shall take it to heart in the land whither they were carried captive, and repent, and make supplication unto thee in the land of their captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have done iniquity and have dealt perversely;

בָּאָ֖רֶץ (אָ֖רֶץ) 'A.retz “land”בְּאֶ֤רֶץ (אֶ֤רֶץ) 'E.retz “[the] land of”

and if they return unto thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, whither they have carried them captives, and pray toward their land which thou gavest unto their fathers, and the city that thou hast chosen, and the house that I have built unto thy name;

בְּאֶ֥רֶץ (אֶ֥רֶץ) 'E.retz “[the] land of”אַרְצָם֙ (אַרְצָ) 'ar.Tza “land”

If I shut up the heavens that there be no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people;

הָאָ֑רֶץ (אָ֑רֶץ) 'A.retz “land”