Deuteronomy 20:15:6Deut.20.15.W6TAB

מְאֹ֑ד

meod

very

Transliteration
me-OD
Extended
meh-OHD
IPA
/məˈʔod/

Meaning by language

English
very

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Result
מְ + אֹ֑ד
me + od
meod

Alphabet Analysis

Memm as in mother
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Daletd as in door

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Word in context

  1. word

    me-OD

  2. clause

    KEN ta-a-SEH le-KHOL-he-a-RIM har-kho-KOT mim-KHA me-OD

  3. sentence

    KEN ta-a-SEH le-KHOL-he-a-RIM har-kho-KOT mim-KHA me-OD a-SHER LO-me-a-REI ha-go-YIM-ha-EH-leh he-NAH

Exegesis

The adjective harchokot {הָרְחֹקֹת | hā·re·ḥō·qōṯ} qualified by me’od {מְאֹד | me·’ōd} narrows the scope to very distant locations.

In contextDeuteronomy 20:15

This is how you shall act toward all the cities that are very far from you, which are not among the cities of these nations here.

About this coordinate

Deuteronomy 20:15:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Deuteronomy 20:15, so the Hebrew word מְאֹ֑ד (meod) 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.20.15.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.20.15.W6.S1) and character.