2 Chronicles 20:10:122 Chr.20.10.W12TAB
מֵאֶ֣רֶץ
meerets
“from {the} land of”
- Transliteration
- me-E-rets
- Extended
- mee-EH-rehts
- IPA
- /meːˈʔɛrɛts/
Meaning by language
- English
- from {the} land of
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Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
me-E-rets
- phraseyour reading level
me-E-rets mits-ra-YIM
- clause
ve-a-TA hi-NE ve-NE-A-mon u-mo-AV ve-har-se-IR a-SHER lo-na-TAT-ta le-yis-ra-EL la-VO va-HEM be-vo-AM me-E-rets mits-ra-YIM
- sentence
ve-a-TA hi-NE ve-NE-A-mon u-mo-AV ve-har-se-IR a-SHER lo-na-TAT-ta le-yis-ra-EL la-VO va-HEM be-vo-AM me-E-rets mits-ra-YIM KI sa-RU me-a-le-HEM ve-LO hish-mi-DUM
Exegesis
The infinitive beboam {בְּבֹאָם | bə-bō-ʼām} ‘when they came’ plus the prepositional phrase meeretz mitzrayim {מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם | mē-ʻe-reṣ Miṣrāyim} situates the event in the exodus.
In context — 2 Chronicles 20:10
And now, behold, the sons of Ammon , Moab, and Mount Seir, whom You did not permit Israel to enter when they came from the land of Egypt, for they turned aside from them and did not destroy them.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 20:10:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 2 Chronicles 20:10, so the Hebrew word מֵאֶ֣רֶץ (meerets) 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 2 Chr.20.10.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.20.10.W12.S1) and character.