Genesis 17:14:10Gen.17.14.W10TAB
מֵעַמֶּ֑יהָ
meammeha
“from her people”
- Transliteration
- me-am-ME-ha
- Extended
- meh-ahm-MEH-hah
- IPA
- /meː.ʕam.ˈmɛ.haː/
Meaning by language
- English
- from her people
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
me-am-ME-ha
- clause
ve-a-REL za-KHAR a-SHER lo-yim-MOL et-be-SAR or-la-TO ve-nikh-re-TA ha-NE-fesh ha-HI me-am-ME-ha
- sentence
ve-a-REL za-KHAR a-SHER lo-yim-MOL et-be-SAR or-la-TO ve-nikh-re-TA ha-NE-fesh ha-HI me-am-ME-ha et-be-ri-TI he-FAR
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase meammeha {מֵעַמֶּיהָ | mē-ʿam-mê-hā} “from her people” marks exclusion from the covenant community.
In context — Genesis 17:14
Any uncircumcised male who does not circumcise the flesh of his foreskin—that person must be cut off from his people; he has broken My covenant.
About this coordinate
Genesis 17:14:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Genesis 17:14, so the Hebrew word מֵעַמֶּ֑יהָ (meammeha) 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 Gen.17.14.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.17.14.W10.S1) and character.