Deuteronomy 20:16:2Deut.20.16.W2TAB
מֵעָרֵ֤י
mearei
“from cities of”
- Transliteration
- me-a-REI
- Extended
- meh-ah-REY
- IPA
- /meʕaˈreː/
Meaning by language
- English
- from cities of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
me-a-REI
- phraseyour reading level
me-a-REI ha-a-MIM
- clause
RAK me-a-REI ha-a-MIM ha-EI-le a-SHER Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI-kha no-TEN le-KHA na-kha-LA
- sentence
RAK me-a-REI ha-a-MIM ha-EI-le a-SHER Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI-kha no-TEN le-KHA na-kha-LA LO te-khai-YE kol-ne-sha-MA
Exegesis
Meʿārê hāʿammîm hāʾēlleh {מֵעָרֵי הָעַמִּים הָאֵלֶּה | mēʿārê hāʿammîm hāʾēlleh} ‘from the cities of these peoples’ forms a construct chain introduced by a fronted restriction.
In context — Deuteronomy 20:16
But in the cities of these peoples that the LORD your God gives you as an inheritance , you shall not let live any breathing thing.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 20:16:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Deuteronomy 20:16, so the Hebrew word מֵעָרֵ֤י (mearei) 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.20.16.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.20.16.W2.S1) and character.