1 Kings 15:12:31 Kgs.15.12.W3TAB
מִן־הָאָ֑רֶץ
minhaarets
“from the land”
- Transliteration
- min-ha-A-rets
- Extended
- mihn-hah-AA-rehts
- IPA
- /min.haːˈʔaːrɛts/
Meaning by language
- English
- from the land
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tsade Sofit | final form of Tsade — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
min-ha-A-rets
- clause
va-ya-a-VER ha-ke-de-SHIM min-ha-A-rets
- sentence
va-ya-a-VER ha-ke-de-SHIM min-ha-A-rets va-ya-SAR et-kol-ha-gi-lu-LIM a-SHER a-SU a-vo-TAV
Exegesis
The noun haqqedeshim {הַקְּדֵשִׁים | haqqĕdēšîm} denotes male cult prostitutes, indicating a purge of cultic sexual practices, while min-ha’āreṣ {מִן־הָאָרֶץ | min-ha’āreṣ} locates the action within the land.
In context — 1 Kings 15:12
And he removed the male shrine prostitutes from the land, and he took away all the idols that his fathers had made.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 15:12:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Kings 15:12, so the Hebrew word מִן־הָאָ֑רֶץ (minhaarets) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Kgs.15.12.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.15.12.W3.S1) and character.