Jeremiah 16:15:7Jer.16.15.W7TAB
מֵאֶ֣רֶץ
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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Word in context
- word
me-E-rets
- phraseyour reading level
me-E-rets tsa-FON
- clause
KI im-KHAI-ye-ho-VAH a-SHER he-e-LA et-be-NEI yis-ra-EL me-E-rets tsa-FON u-mi-KOL ha-a-ra-TSOT a-SHER hi-di-KHAM SHA-ma
- sentence
KI im-KHAI-ye-ho-VAH a-SHER he-e-LA et-be-NEI yis-ra-EL me-E-rets tsa-FON u-mi-KOL ha-a-ra-TSOT a-SHER hi-di-KHAM SHA-ma va-ha-shi-VO-tim al-a-da-MA-tam a-SHER na-TAT-ti la-a-vo-TAM
Exegesis
The meristic pair me-eretz tsafon {מֵאֶרֶץ צָפוֹן | mē-ʾe-reṣ ṣā-fōn} and u-mikol ha-aratzot {וּמִכֹּל הָאֲרָצוֹת | û-mi-kol hā-ʾă-rā-ṣōṯ} frames the full extent of exile.
Root and etymology
“earth, land”
In context — Jeremiah 16:15
But it will be said, “As the LORD lives, who brought up the sons of Israel from the land of the north and from all the lands where He had driven them.” For I will bring them back to the land which I gave to their fathers.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 16:15:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Jeremiah 16:15, 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 Jer.16.15.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.16.15.W7.S1) and character.