אֲרַע (ʾăraʿ) is
an Aramaic noun
meaning earth. It appears
22 times
in 3 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H772).
Also rendered
soil
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2610)
Root family 2610: אֲרַעʾăraʿ — earth, world,ground. Used similarly to the Hebrew cognate ʾereṣ, but the usage “land” is not established. An alternative form, ʾărag, is used in Jer 10:11a. The tsadhe of Hebrew may be represented in Aramaic by either ayin or qoph