Words the Bible translates as dry land
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 5 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- xērosξηρόςdried out: shrivelled and without moisture, whether a limb that has withered, wood that is dead, or ground as opposed to sea
- tsiyyahצִיָּהdry, waterless land: parched, sun-baked ground where nothing grows, and the drought that leaves it so.
- yabbashahיַבָּשָׁהdry land: the solid, habitable ground that stands apart from the sea
- ḥaravahחָרָבָהdry ground: bare, waterless ground, especially a seabed or riverbed left exposed when the water is driven back
- yabbeshetיַבֶּשֶׁתdry landnot studied yet
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