Exodus 13:18:10Exod.13.18.W10TAB
מֵאֶ֥רֶץ
meerets
“from the land of”
- Transliteration
- me-E-rets
- Extended
- meh-EH-rehts
- IPA
- /me.ˈʔɛ.rɛts/
Meaning by language
- English
- from the land of
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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
va-kha-mu-SHIM a-LU be-NEI-yis-ra-EL me-E-rets mits-RA-yim
- sentence
va-yas-SEV e-lo-HIM et-ha-AM DE-rekh ham-mid-BAR yam-SUF va-kha-mu-SHIM a-LU be-NEI-yis-ra-EL me-E-rets mits-RA-yim
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase me-erets mitsrayim {מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם | mê ʾereṣ miṣrāyim} ‘from the land of Egypt’ establishes the point of origin. This clause structure highlights divine guidance as the catalyst for the armed exodus through the wilderness toward deliverance.
Root and etymology
ʾ-r-ṣaleph–resh–tsade
“earth, land”
In context — Exodus 13:18
So God redirected the people by the wilderness road toward the Sea of Reeds, and the sons of Israel went up armed from the land of Egypt.
About this coordinate
Exodus 13:18:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Exodus 13:18, so the Hebrew word מֵאֶ֥רֶץ (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 Exod.13.18.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.13.18.W10.S1) and character.