how to say “on earth” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/עלי-אדמות-1-3.m4a” /]עֲלֵי אֲדָמוֹת

While the Hebrew word ארץ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/עלי-אדמות-2-3.m4a” /] – probably related to the English earth – means country, land and, well earth, the word אדמה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/עלי-אדמות-3-3.m4a” /] means ground. אדמה is the more humble, (ironically) down-to-earth word, of the same root as אדם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/עלי-אדמות-4-3.m4a” /] – Adam or man, he who comes from the ground and will return to it.

אדמה also appears in the expression עלי אדמות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/עלי-אדמות-5-3.m4a” /] – the exclamatory on earth.

For example:

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/עלי-אדמות-6-3.m4a” /]זה המקום האחרון עלי אדמות שחשבנו שנמצא אותו.

This is the last place on earth that we thought we’d find him.

עלי[audioclip url=https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/עלי-אדמות-7-3.m4a” /] is the poetic (original) form of על[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/עלי-אדמות-8-3.m4a” /] – on. 

אדמות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/עלי-אדמות-9-3.m4a” /] is the plural of אדמה, so that עלי אדמות means literally on grounds.

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