2 Kings 17:36:62 Kgs.17.36.W6TAB
מֵאֶ֧רֶץ
meerets
“from {the} land of”
- Transliteration
- me-E-rets
- Extended
- mee-EH-rehts
- IPA
- /meːˈʔɛrɛts/
Meaning by language
- English
- from {the} land of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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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The word
Word in context
- word
me-E-rets
- phraseyour reading level
me-E-rets mits-ra-YIM
- clause
KI IM-eT-ye-ho-VAH a-SHER he-e-LA ET-khem me-E-rets mits-ra-YIM be-KHO-akh ga-DOL u-viz-RO-a ne-tu-YA o-TO ti-RA-u
- sentence
KI IM-eT-ye-ho-VAH a-SHER he-e-LA ET-khem me-E-rets mits-ra-YIM be-KHO-akh ga-DOL u-viz-RO-a ne-tu-YA o-TO ti-RA-u ve-LO tish-ta-kha-VU ve-LO tiz-ba-KHU
Exegesis
The relative clause asher heʾelah etkhem meʾeretz Mitsrayim {אֲשֶׁר הֶעֱלָה אֶתְכֶ֜ם מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם | ʾă-šer he-ʿă-lāh ʾet-khem me-ʾe-reṣ mits-rā-yim} links worship duty to historical deliverance.
Root and etymology
ʾ-r-ṣ
“earth, land”
In context — 2 Kings 17:36
The LORD is the One who brought you up from the land of Egypt with great power and with an outstretched arm; Him you shall fear, to Him you shall bow down, and to Him you shall offer sacrifices.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 17:36:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Kings 17:36, so the Hebrew word מֵאֶ֧רֶץ (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 Kgs.17.36.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.36.W6.S1) and character.