Exodus 16:1:17Exod.16.1.W17TAB
מֵאֶ֥רֶץ
meerets
“from the land of”
- Transliteration
- me-E-rets
- Extended
- meh-EH-rets
- IPA
- /me.ˈʔɛ.rɛts/
Meaning by language
- English
- from the land of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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
ba-kha-mi-SHA a-SAR YOM la-KHO-desh ha-she-NI le-tse-TAM me-E-rets mits-RA-yim
- sentence
va-yis-OO me-e-LIM va-ya-VO-oo kol-a-DAT be-ne-yis-ra-EL el-mid-bar-SIN a-SHER bein-e-LIM u-VEIN si-NAI ba-kha-mi-SHA a-SAR YOM la-KHO-desh ha-she-NI le-tse-TAM me-E-rets mits-RA-yim
Root and etymology
ʾ-r-ṣaleph–resh–tsade
“land, ground”
In context — Exodus 16:1
They traveled on from Elim, and all the congregation of the sons of Israel arrived at the wilderness of Sin, which lies between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departure from the land of Egypt.
About this coordinate
Exodus 16:1:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Exodus 16:1, 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.16.1.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.16.1.W17.S1) and character.