Jeremiah 16:19:10Jer.16.19.W10TAB
מֵֽאַפְסֵי־אָ֔רֶץ
meafsearets
“from the ends of the earth”
- Transliteration
- me-af-SE-a-rets
- Extended
- mee-ahf-SEH-aa-rehts
- IPA
- /meːʔafˈseː.ʔaːˈrɛts/
Meaning by language
- English
- from the ends of the earth
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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-af-SE-a-rets
- clause
E-le-kha go-YIM ya-VO-u me-af-SE-a-rets ve-yo-me-RU AKH-SHE-ker na-kha-LU a-vo-TEI-nu HE-vel ve-EN-BAM mo-IL
- sentence
Ye-ho-VAH u-ZI u-ma-u-ZI u-me-nu-SI be-YOM tsa-RA E-le-kha go-YIM ya-VO-u me-af-SE-a-rets ve-yo-me-RU AKH-SHE-ker na-kha-LU a-vo-TEI-nu HE-vel ve-EN-BAM mo-IL
Exegesis
The second clause introduces a prophetic announcement with goyim {גּוֹיִ֤ם | gô-yim} ‘nations’ as subject of the verb yav’u {יָבֹ֙אוּ֙ | yā-ḇō-’û} ‘will come’, modified by me’afsei aretz {מֵֽאַפְסֵי־אָ֔רֶץ | mê-’ap-sê ʾā-reṣ} ‘from the ends of the earth’.
Root and etymology
“earth, land”
In context — Jeremiah 16:19
O LORD , my strength, my fortress, and my refuge in the day of trouble—to You the nations will come from the ends of the earth and will say, “Surely our fathers inherited falsehood, vanity, and there is no profit .”
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 16:19:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Jeremiah 16:19, so the Hebrew word מֵֽאַפְסֵי־אָ֔רֶץ (meafsearets) 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.16.19.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.16.19.W10.S1) and character.