Deuteronomy 16:3:18Deut.16.3.W18TAB

מֵאֶ֣רֶץ

meeretz

from the land

Transliteration
me-E-retz
Extended
meh-EH-retz
IPA
/meːˈʔɛrɛts/

Meaning by language

English
from the land

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
מֵ + אֶ֣ + רֶץ
me + e + retz
meeretz

Alphabet Analysis

Memm as in mother
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Tsade Sofitfinal form of Tsade — at word end

Tap any letter to hear its name and sound

Vowels (Niqqud)

Now you try — trace the word:

The word

Word in context

  1. word

    me-E-retz

  2. phraseyour reading level

    me-E-retz mits-RA-yim

  3. clause

    KI be-khi-pa-ZON ya-TSA-ta me-E-retz mits-RA-yim le-MA-an tiz-KOR ET-YOM tse-TKH-a me-E-retz mits-RA-yim KOL ye-MEI khai-YEKHA

  4. sentence

    LO-to-a-KHAL a-LAV kha-METS shiv-AT ya-MIM to-a-KHAL-a-LAV mat-ZOT LE-khem O-ni KI be-khi-pa-ZON ya-TSA-ta me-E-retz mits-RA-yim le-MA-an tiz-KOR ET-YOM tse-TKH-a me-E-retz mits-RA-yim KOL ye-MEI khai-YEKHA

Exegesis

The repetition of meʾerets Miṣrayim {מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם | mê·ʾe·reṣ miṣ·rā·yim} ‘from the land of Egypt’ and the temporal phrase kol yemei chayyecha {כֹּל יְמֵי חַיֶּיךָ | kôl ye·mê ḥay·ye·ḵā} ‘all the days of your life’ extends remembrance across the lifetime, creating a solemn liturgical rhythm.

In contextDeuteronomy 16:3

You shall not eat leavened bread with it. For seven days you shall eat unleavened bread with it, bread of affliction . For in haste you went out from the land of Egypt, so that you may remember the day of your coming out from the land of Egypt all the days of your life.

About this coordinate

Deuteronomy 16:3:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of Deuteronomy 16:3, so the Hebrew word מֵאֶ֣רֶץ (meeretz) 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.16.3.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.16.3.W18.S1) and character.