Exodus 19:1:5Exod.19.1.W5TAB
מֵאֶ֣רֶץ
mehehrets
“from land”
- Transliteration
- meh-EH-rets
- Extended
- meh-EH-rehts
- IPA
- /meˈʔɛrɛts/
Meaning by language
- English
- from land
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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Word in context
- word
meh-EH-rets
- phraseyour reading level
meh-EH-rets mits-RAA-yim
- clause
ba-KHO-desh ha-shlee-SHEE leh-TSE-et beh-NEE-yis-ra-EL meh-EH-rets mits-RAA-yim
- sentence
ba-KHO-desh ha-shlee-SHEE leh-TSE-et beh-NEE-yis-ra-EL meh-EH-rets mits-RAA-yim ba-YOM ha-ZEH BAA-u mid-BAR see-NAI
Exegesis
The phrase me’erets Mitsrayim {מֵאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרָ֑יִם | mē-ʾə-reṣ miṣ-rā-yim} locates the origin of departure.
In context — Exodus 19:1
In the third month after the sons of Israel went out from the land of Egypt, on that same day they entered the wilderness of Sinai.
About this coordinate
Exodus 19:1:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Exodus 19:1, so the Hebrew word מֵאֶ֣רֶץ (mehehrets) 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.19.1.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.19.1.W5.S1) and character.