Thank you so much for each interesting post. I didn't think it was possible to say so much about the word ha-aretz but in your most recent post and the last you presented several intriguing insights about this word. I appreciate your thoughtful attention to each word and phrase. I love your insights about the Hebrew and hope these will keep coming. I started to study with your Teaching Company course, worked my way through "Basics of Biblical Hebrew Grammar" by Pratico and Van Pelt (for me it has been a great text book which I still refer to frequently--I love the graphic presentation), then their "Graded Reader of Biblical Hebrew, " and now-- SLOWLY an proceeding through "Readings in Biblical Hebrew" by Ben Zvi et al. It is truly a pleasure and honor to study with you. I am finding your Genesis posts very valuable.
Thank you so much for each interesting post. I didn't think it was possible to say so much about the word ha-aretz but in your most recent post and the last you presented several intriguing insights about this word. I appreciate your thoughtful attention to each word and phrase. I love your insights about the Hebrew and hope these will keep coming. I started to study with your Teaching Company course, worked my way through "Basics of Biblical Hebrew Grammar" by Pratico and Van Pelt (for me it has been a great text book which I still refer to frequently--I love the graphic presentation), then their "Graded Reader of Biblical Hebrew, " and now-- SLOWLY an proceeding through "Readings in Biblical Hebrew" by Ben Zvi et al. It is truly a pleasure and honor to study with you. I am finding your Genesis posts very valuable.
Yes; ha-aretz is the pausal form. But it's also the form we find anywhere when eretz has a definite article, no?
That's true. It's a unique word. I didn't want to get too far off the main thread.