Ezekiel 16:3:8Ezek.16.3.W8TAB
מֵאֶ֖רֶץ
meerets
“from the land of”
- Transliteration
- me-E-rets
- Extended
- mee-EH-rehts
- IPA
- /meːˈʔɛrɛts/
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
- clause
ve-a-MAR-ta ko-a-MAR a-do-NAI ye-ho-VAH li-ru-sha-LA-yim me-kho-ro-TA-yikh u-mol-do-TA-yikh me-E-rets ha-ke-na-ni
- sentence
ve-a-MAR-ta ko-a-MAR a-do-NAI ye-ho-VAH li-ru-sha-LA-yim me-kho-ro-TA-yikh u-mol-do-TA-yikh me-E-rets ha-ke-na-ni a-VIKH ha-e-mo-RI ve-i-MEKH khi-TIT
Exegesis
The genitive me-erets haknaani {מֵאֶ֖רֶץ הַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֑י | me-ʾe-reṣ hak-ḵə-na-ʿa-nî} locates origin geographically and ethnically.
In context — Ezekiel 16:3
And you shall say, “Thus says the Lord GOD to Jerusalem: Your origins and your births are from the land of Canaan; your father was an Amorite, and your mother a Hittite.”
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 16:3:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Ezekiel 16:3, so the Hebrew word מֵאֶ֖רֶץ (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 Ezek.16.3.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.3.W8.S1) and character.