Ezekiel 21:19:9Ezek.21.19.W9TABWLC Ezekiel 21:24

מֵאֶ֣רֶץ

meerets

from a land

Transliteration
me-ER-ets
Extended
mee-EH-rehts
IPA
/ˈmɛ.lɛx.baːˈvɛl/

Meaning by language

English
from a land

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
מֵ + אֶ֣ + רֶץ
me + er + ets
meerets

Alphabet Analysis

Memm as in mother
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Tsade Sofitfinal form of Tsade — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    me-ER-ets

  2. phraseyour reading level

    me-ER-ets e-KHAD

  3. clause

    ve-a-TA ven-a-DAM sim-le-KHA she-NA-yim de-ra-KHIM la-VO KHE-rev ME-lekh-ba-VEL me-ER-ets e-KHAD

  4. sentence

    ve-a-TA ven-a-DAM sim-le-KHA she-NA-yim de-ra-KHIM la-VO KHE-rev ME-lekh-ba-VEL me-ER-ets e-KHAD ye-tsu she-NE-hem ve-YAD ba-RE be-ROSH DE-rekh-im ba-RE

Exegesis

The clause me-erets echad {מֵאֶרֶץ אֶחָד | mēʾereṣ ʾeḥāḏ} is fronted before the verb yetse'u {יֵצְאוּ | yēṣəʾû}, highlighting a single point of origin; the subject shenehem {שְׁנֵיהֶם | šənêhem} “both of them” clarifies that the two routes share that origin.

In contextEzekiel 21:19

And you, Son of Man, set for yourself two ways for the sword of the king of Babylon to come; from one land both of them shall go out. And choose a signpost ; choose it at the head of the way to a city.

About this coordinate

Ezekiel 21:19:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Ezekiel 21:19, so the Hebrew word מֵאֶ֣רֶץ (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.21.19.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.21.19.W9.S1) and character.