Hebrew semantic domain
Land
All terms related to land in its relation to the people living there or those engaging with it in other ways.
Source hierarchy
- Parent: SDBC-DOMAIN-UBS-HEB-001002
Advanced domain details
- Domain ID
SDBC-DOMAIN-UBS-HEB-001002001- Source code
- 001002001
- Level
- 3
- Scheme
- UBS Hebrew Lexical Domains
Member senses (36)
- אֲדָמָהground, earth, land, clay
Sense details
= the surface of the earth, containing the substance that God used to create animals and humans, and to which they return when they die; on this surface plants and trees grow, humans labor to grow crops and worship God, who sustains all life, but who can also strike it with a curse so that nothing grows again
SDBC-HEB-SENSE-000128-01 - אִיcoast, coastland, island
Sense details
= area located near the sea and/or the people living there; ≈ associated with commerce, remoteness, paganism, but also called on to acknowledge YHWH
SDBC-HEB-SENSE-000315-01 - אָפִיקbed (of river or sea)
Sense details
= bottom of a body of water
SDBC-HEB-SENSE-000592-02 - אֲרַעearth
Sense details
= the earth as opposed to the sky; sometimes used in a more specific sense to denote part of the earth, such as the dry land as opposed to the sea, or a specific region, area, country, or plot of land
SDBC-HEB-SENSE-000708-01 - אֶרֶץearth, ground, land, country, region, area
Sense details
= the earth as opposed to the sky; sometimes used in a more specific sense to denote part of the earth, such as the dry land as opposed to the sea, or a specific region, area, country, or plot of land
SDBC-HEB-SENSE-000712-01 - בַּרopen field
Sense details
= uncultivated, uninhabited land, ► where wild animals can live free
SDBC-HEB-SENSE-001150-05 - גֵּזmown land
Sense details
= land from which the grass has been recently cut off
SDBC-HEB-SENSE-001360-03 - גְּזֵרָהseparate
Sense details
= a piece of land that is inaccessible, as if physically detached from its surroundings
SDBC-HEB-SENSE-001378-01 - גְּלִילָהregion, district
Sense details
= a territorial division
SDBC-HEB-SENSE-001420-01 - דֹּבֶרpasture, meadow
Sense details
= open land with enough grass and plants to graze cattle or flocks of sheep and goats
SDBC-HEB-SENSE-001556-01 - חֶבֶלarea, land, district
Sense details
literally: rope (of land); hence: = piece of land; ► owned or occupied by an individual or a group of people
SDBC-HEB-SENSE-002080-03 - חֹוףseacoast
Sense details
= area along the coast
SDBC-HEB-SENSE-002160-01 - חוּץfield
Sense details
= area outside of town; ► used for farming
SDBC-HEB-SENSE-002163-05 - חֶלֶדworld
Sense details
primarily used in poetry: = the earth as opposed to the sky, with special focus on the area that is inhabited by humans
SDBC-HEB-SENSE-002269-01 - חָרָבָהdry land
Sense details
= land that is not covered by water
SDBC-HEB-SENSE-002503-01 - יָגֵבfields
Sense details
= portions of land used for agriculture
SDBC-HEB-SENSE-002764-01 - יְרֵשָׁהpossession (of someone else)
Sense details
= an area that has become someone's possession, which often implies that this possession will be passed on to the next generation of the new owner
SDBC-HEB-SENSE-003127-01 - יְרֻשָּׁהpossession (of someone else)
Sense details
= an area that has become someone's possession, which often implies that this possession has been granted by God and that it will be passed on to the next generation of the new owner
SDBC-HEB-SENSE-003128-01 - מְדִינָהdistrict, province
Sense details
= an adminstrative division of a country or a city
SDBC-HEB-SENSE-003710-01 - מִזְרָעsown land
Sense details
= land that is being sown, either by hand or by being flooded by water that contains seeds
SDBC-HEB-SENSE-003829-01 - מַלְכוּkingdom, realm
- מַלְכוּתkingdom, realm
- מַמְלָכָהkingdom, realm
- מַמְלָכוּתkingdom, realm
- מֶמְשָׁלָהkingdom, realm
Sense details
= the realm of a ruler, including the people, the land, and all other assets
SDBC-HEB-SENSE-004072-03 - מֵסַבsurrounding
Sense details
literally: surrounding; hence: = the area around a certain location
SDBC-HEB-SENSE-004118-03 - מֶרְחָבbroad
Sense details
literally: broadness; hence: = a relatively large area of open land
SDBC-HEB-SENSE-004374-01 - מֹשֶׁלkingdom, realm
Sense details
= the realm of a ruler, including the people, the land, and all other assets
SDBC-HEB-SENSE-004480-03 - מַשְׁקֶהwatering place, well-irrigated
Sense details
= a place where there is plenty of water for crops and animals
SDBC-HEB-SENSE-004514-02 - נַחֲלָהinheritance, possession, heritage
Sense details
literally: inheritance; hence: = land as people's personal or communal property, assigned to them by God himself, and to be transferred from one generation to another and to remain within the family or community; ≈ sometimes extended figuratively to refer to Israel as God's own property, and to God as the Levites' property
SDBC-HEB-SENSE-004709-04 - נִירfallow ground
Sense details
= unplowed soil; ► accessible to the poor to gather whatever food it produces; ≈ also associated with hardness and stubbornness
SDBC-HEB-SENSE-004765-02 - צָיֹוןdry land, desert
Sense details
= land in which there is a lack of water or rainfall; ► resulting in lack of vegetation and other desert-like conditions, ≈ associated with thirst and hardship
SDBC-HEB-SENSE-006162-01 - שָׂדֶהterritory
Sense details
= the territory or rural region of a people group
SDBC-HEB-SENSE-006949-03 - שָׂדֶהsoil
Sense details
= soil needed for agriculture
SDBC-HEB-SENSE-006949-04 - תֵּבֵלearth, world
Sense details
primarily used in poetry: = the earth as opposed to the sky, with special focus on the area that is inhabited by humans
SDBC-HEB-SENSE-007668-01 - תֶּלֶםfurrow
Sense details
= long, narrow trench made in the soil by a plow
SDBC-HEB-SENSE-007787-01