earth
part of speech
noun (Earth — the planet; earth — soil, the ground)
meaning for a pupil
1) The planet we live on, the third planet from the Sun (often written Earth). tree →
2) Soil, the brown stuff that plants grow in. tree →
3) The ground or land, not the sea or sky. tree →
4) In British English, a wire that makes electricity safe (a ground wire in American English). tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: The ground or the whole world God made on the first day of creation, along with the heavens. Interpretation: The tradition teaches that God created heaven and earth as a gift for humans, and that the earth belongs to God, not to people. In the primary lessons: In science, Earth spins once a day (day and night) and goes around the Sun once a year (seasons with its tilt); it has land, oceans and air. In nature study, earth is soil. Phrases: on Earth, planet Earth, down to earth (sensible), what on earth, the ends of the earth, Earth Day.
examples
- IN THE beginning God created the heaven and the earth. (Torah GEN.1.1, JPS 1917) tree →
- Thou stretchedst out Thy right hand — the earth swallowed them. (Torah EXO.15.12, JPS 1917) tree →
- And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights. (Torah GEN.7.12, JPS 1917) tree →
- Shout unto God, all the earth; (Writings PSA.66.1, JPS 1917) tree →
- Shout unto the LORD, all the earth. (Writings PSA.100.1, JPS 1917) tree →
- Thou dost cleave the earth with rivers. (Prophets HAB.3.9, JPS 1917) tree →
- We live on planet Earth. tree →
- The Earth goes around the Sun. tree →
- Plant the seeds in the earth. tree →
- Most of the Earth is covered by water. tree →
- Worms live in the earth. tree →
- What on earth are you doing? tree →
- The astronauts came back to Earth. tree →
- She is a down-to-earth person. tree →
note
Capital "Earth" for the planet; small "earth" for soil. Myth: the Earth is not flat; it is a ball (sphere). "Earth" (soil) is uncountable.
In the corpora
- IN THE beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
- and let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth.' And it was so.
- And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,
- And the heaven and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
- but there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «earth» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.