Deuteronomy 14:12:4Deut.14.12.W4TAB
מֵהֶ֑ם
mehem
“from among them”
- Transliteration
- me-HEM
- Extended
- meh-HEHM
- IPA
- /meˈhɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- from among them
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
me-HEM
- clause
ve-ZEH a-SHER lo-to-akh-LU me-HEM
- sentence
ve-ZEH a-SHER lo-to-akh-LU me-HEM ha-NE-sher ve-ha-PE-res ve-ha-az-ni-YA
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase mehem {מֵהֶ֑ם | mē-hem} ‘from them’ specifies the scope of the prohibition.
In context — Deuteronomy 14:12
And this is what you are not to eat from among them: the eagle, the vulture, and the black vulture.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 14:12:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Deuteronomy 14:12, so the Hebrew word מֵהֶ֑ם (mehem) 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 Deut.14.12.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.14.12.W4.S1) and character.