Genesis 11:31
And Terah is taking אֶת-Raised-Father his builder, and אֶת-Lot builder of Scorched,457 builder of his builder,458 and אֶת-Noble-Lady his kallah,459 woman of Raised-Father his builder; and they are going out את-themselves460 from Flame of the Chaldeans, to walk earth-ward461 of Humbled. And they are coming in until Scorched, and they are sitting there.462
Footnote:
| 461 | Hebrew אַ֣רְצָה, artzah. With directional ה-, signifying a limitation of direction. Normally translated toward the land of. But the inherent meaning of this construct is spelled out for us in Gen. 18:2, “bowing down earth-ward [artzah]” and Gen. 19:1, “bowing himself—nostrils earth-ward [artzah],”. This implied downward direction is played out enigmatically in Jesus’ many ascendings and descendings from the Mount of Olives. |