אֶרֶץ

eretz

EH-rets

earth, land, ground

Where it comes from

The same word means the whole planet and one particular field. Scripture moves between the two without warning, which is part of how it thinks about place.

Psalm 24:1

The earth is the LORD'S, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.

This is day 34 of XA Daily, a free study app with a Hebrew word each morning, readings for morning and night, and the whole King James Bible. No account, nothing tracked.