אֲרַע

[אֲרַע]₂₁ noun [feminine] earth (so ᵑ7 Syriac; = Biblical Hebrew אֶרֶץ, q. v.); — emphatic אַרְעָא Dan 2:35; Dan 2:39 + 16 t. Daniel; Ezra 5:11; Jer 10:11b; אַ֫רְעָא (D^{§§ 9, 5 a; 44, 1 n}) = אֲרַע + ָ֯ of direction, earthward, i.e. downward, אַרְעָא מִנָּח Dan 2:39 Kt lower than thou, i.e. inferior to thee Qr אֲרַע (compare ᵑ7 אֲרַע מִן Ruth 4:4); — Jer 10:11a see [ אֲרַק].

[אֲרַק] noun [feminine] earth (= [אֲרַע]; ארקא Egyptian Aramaic S-C^{Pap. B 15} + often (sometimes also ארעא, as ib.¹⁶), Nineveh and Babylonian Aramaic Cooke¹⁹², also Mandean Nö^{M§ 66, Zinjirli}, Lzb²²⁷ Cooke¹⁶⁶ (compare 183); עק֑, as Zinjirli מוצאמ֑וקא, רצהר֑קי, Cooke^{166, 185}; compare K^{§ 7, 2 and anm. i and references}, Cooke¹⁸⁵ Nö^{ZMG xivii (1893), 100}; M § 66 Gunk^{Schöpf. 18} Lzb^{Eph. I. 223} SAC^{JQ, 1903-4, 273}); — emphatic אַרְקָא Jer 10:11a.