Genesis 19:24:7Gen.19.24.W7TAB

מֵאֵ֥ת

meet

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Transliteration
me-ET
Extended
meh-EET
IPA
/meː.ˈʔeːθ/

Meaning by language

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Result
מֵ + אֵ֥ת
me + et
meet

Alphabet Analysis

Memm as in mother
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Tavt as in top

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Word in context

  1. word

    me-ET

  2. phraseyour reading level

    me-ET ye-ho-VAH

  3. clause

    me-ET ye-ho-VAH min-ha-sha-MA-yim

  4. sentence

    va-ye-ho-VAH hi-me-TIR al-se-DOM ve-al-a-mo-RA gaf-RIT va-ESH me-ET ye-ho-VAH min-ha-sha-MA-yim

Exegesis

Finally, the sequence mē-ʾēt Yəhōwāh {מֵאֵת יְהוָה | mē-ʾēt Yə-hō-wāh} plus min ha-šā-mā-yim {מִן־הַשָּׁמַיִם | min ha-šā-mā-yim} specifies personal agency and celestial origin, preserving the Hebrew emphasis on direct divine judgment.

In contextGenesis 19:24

Then the LORD caused brimstone and fire to rain upon Sodom and Gomorrah, from the LORD out of the heavens.

About this coordinate

Genesis 19:24:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 19:24, so the Hebrew word מֵאֵ֥ת (meet) 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.19.24.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.24.W7.S1) and character.