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ארץ (eretz) — pictograph word study

ארץ

Meaning: earth, land, country

Letter by letter — the ancient pictures

א Alef — value 1
Oneness, primacy, the Master (aluph means chief); paradoxically silent — the source before all sound letter page →
ר Resh — value 200
Head, beginning, chief; the person; two hundred — the poor man (rash) and the chief (rosh) spelled by one letter's fortunes letter page →
ץ Tsadi — value 90
Righteousness (tzedek), the righteous one (tzaddik); the hunter's hook turned to holy pursuit; ninety — Sarah's age at Isaac's promise letter page →

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