Difference between revisions of "Earth"

<p> '''''ûrth''''' ( אדמה , <i> ''''''ădhāmāh''''' </i> , ארץ , <i> ''''''erec''''' </i> , עפר , <i> '''''‛āphār''''' </i> ; γῆ , <i> '''''gḗ''''' </i> , οἰκουμένη , <i> '''''oikouménē''''' </i> ): In a hilly limestone country like Palestine, the small amount of iron oxide in the rocks tends to be oxidized, and thereby to give a prevailing reddish color to the soil. This is especially the case on relatively barren hills where there is little organic matter present to prevent reddening and give a more blackish tinge. </p> <p> <i> ''''''Ǎdhāmāh''''' </i> (compare <i> ''''''ādhām''''' </i> , "a man," and Adam) is from <i> ''''''ādham''''' </i> , "to be red," and is used in the senses: "earth" ( Exodus 20:24 ), "land" ( [[Psalm]] 105:35 ), a "land" or country ( Isaiah 14:2 ), "ground" ( [[Genesis]] 4:11 ), "the earth" ( Genesis 7:4 ). </p> <p> The word most in use is <i> ''''''erec''''' </i> , undoubtedly from a most ancient root occurring in many languages, as English "earth," German <i> Erde </i> , Arabic <i> ''''''ard''''' </i> . It is used in most of the senses of <i> ''''''ădhāmāh''''' </i> , but less as "soil" and more as "the earth" as a part of the universe; frequently with <i> '''''shāmayim''''' </i> , "heavens," as in Genesis 1:1 : "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." </p> <p> <i> '''''‛Āphār''''' </i> and its root word and derivatives are closely paralleled in the Arabic, and refer mainly to "dust" or "dry earth" (compare Arabic <i> '''''‛afir''''' </i> , "to be of the color of dust"; <i> '''''‛afar''''' </i> "dust"; <i> '''''ya‛fūr''''' </i> , "a gazelle"; [[Hebrew]] <i> '''''‛ōpher''''' </i> , "a gazelle"). Compare Genesis 2:7 : "Yahweh God formed man of the dust of the ground"; Job 2:12 : ".... sprinkled dust upon their heads"; Psalm 104:29 : ".... they die, and return to their dust"; Genesis 18:27 : "dust and ashes." </p> <p> In the [[Septuagint]] and New Testament, <i> '''''gē''''' </i> is used in nearly all cases, <i> '''''oikoumenē''''' </i> being used a few times for the "habitable earth," as in Luke 21:26 the King James Version. See further [[Anthropology]]; [[Astronomy]]; [[Evolution]]; [[World]] . </p>

<p> '''''ûrth''''' ( אדמה , <i> ''''''ădhāmāh''''' </i> , ארץ , <i> ''''''erec''''' </i> , עפר , <i> '''''‛āphār''''' </i> ; γῆ , <i> '''''gḗ''''' </i> , οἰκουμένη , <i> '''''oikouménē''''' </i> ): In a hilly limestone country like Palestine, the small amount of iron oxide in the rocks tends to be oxidized, and thereby to give a prevailing reddish color to the soil. This is especially the case on relatively barren hills where there is little organic matter present to prevent reddening and give a more blackish tinge. </p> <p> <i> ''''''Ǎdhāmāh''''' </i> (compare <i> ''''''ādhām''''' </i> , "a man," and Adam) is from <i> ''''''ādham''''' </i> , "to be red," and is used in the senses: "earth" ( Exodus 20:24 ), "land" ( [[Psalm]] 105:35 ), a "land" or country ( Isaiah 14:2 ), "ground" ( [[Genesis]] 4:11 ), "the earth" ( Genesis 7:4 ). </p> <p> The word most in use is <i> ''''''erec''''' </i> , undoubtedly from a most ancient root occurring in many languages, as English "earth," German <i> Erde </i> , Arabic <i> ''''''ard''''' </i> . It is used in most of the senses of <i> ''''''ădhāmāh''''' </i> , but less as "soil" and more as "the earth" as a part of the universe; frequently with <i> '''''shāmayim''''' </i> , "heavens," as in Genesis 1:1 : "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." </p> <p> <i> '''''‛Āphār''''' </i> and its root word and derivatives are closely paralleled in the Arabic, and refer mainly to "dust" or "dry earth" (compare Arabic <i> '''''‛afir''''' </i> , "to be of the color of dust"; <i> '''''‛afar''''' </i> "dust"; <i> '''''ya‛fūr''''' </i> , "a gazelle"; [[Hebrew]] <i> '''''‛ōpher''''' </i> , "a gazelle"). Compare Genesis 2:7 : "Yahweh God formed man of the dust of the ground"; Job 2:12 : ".... sprinkled dust upon their heads"; Psalm 104:29 : ".... they die, and return to their dust"; Genesis 18:27 : "dust and ashes." </p> <p> In the [[Septuagint]] and New Testament, <i> '''''gē''''' </i> is used in nearly all cases, <i> '''''oikoumenē''''' </i> being used a few times for the "habitable earth," as in Luke 21:26 the King James Version. See further [[Anthropology]]; [[Astronomy]]; [[Evolution]]; [[World]] . </p>