Isaiah 13:5:2Isa.13.5.W2TAB
מֵאֶ֥רֶץ
meerets
“from a land”
- Transliteration
- me-E-rets
- Extended
- mee-EH-rehts
- IPA
- /meːˈʔɛrɛts/
Meaning by language
- English
- from a land
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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
- phraseyour reading level
me-E-rets mer-khak
- clause
ba-IM me-E-rets mer-khak mik-TSE ha-sha-MA-yim
- sentence
ba-IM me-E-rets mer-khak mik-TSE ha-sha-MA-yim Ye-ho-VAH u-khe-LE za-e-MO le-kha-BEL KAL-ha-A-rets
Exegesis
The participle ba’im {בָּאִים | bāʼîm} ‘they come’ initiates the verse, marking ongoing arrival, with the prepositional construct meerets {מֵאֶרֶץ | mēʾereṣ} ‘from land’ followed by merchak {מֶרְחָק | merḥāq} ‘distance’ to intensify foreignness.
Root and etymology
ʾ-r-ṣaleph–resh–ṣade
“earth, land”
In context — Isaiah 13:5
They come from a distant land, from the ends of the heavens—the LORD and the instruments of His indignation, to destroy all the land.
About this coordinate
Isaiah 13:5:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Isaiah 13:5, so the Hebrew word מֵאֶ֥רֶץ (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 Isa.13.5.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.13.5.W2.S1) and character.