{"def":{"short":"the earth (at large, or partitively a land)","long":["land, earth",["earth",["whole earth (as opposed to a part)","earth (as opposed to heaven)","earth (inhabitants)"],"land",["country, territory","district, region","tribal territory","piece of ground","land of Canaan, Israel","inhabitants of land","Sheol, land without return, (under) world","city, city-state"],"ground, surface of the earth",["ground","soil"],"(in phrases)",["people of the land","space or distance of country (in measurements of distance)","level or plain country","land of the living","end(s) of the earth"],"(almost wholly late in usage)",["lands, countries",["often in contrast to Canaan"]]]]},"deriv":"from an unused root probably meaning to be firm","pronun":{"ipa":"ʔɛˈrɛt͡sˤ","ipa_mod":"ʔɛˈʁɛt͡s","sbl":"ʾereṣ","dic":"eh-RETS","dic_mod":"eh-RETS"}}