Jeremiah 17:26:2Jer.17.26.W2TAB

מֵעָרֵֽי־יְ֠הוּדָה

meareyeyehuda

“from the cities of Judah”

Transliteration: me-a-RE-ye-ye-hu-DA
Extended: mee-ah-REH-yeh-yeh-hoo-DAA
IPA: /meːʕaˈreː.jə.jəhuːˈdaː/

Meaning by language

English: from the cities of Judah

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

מֵ + עָ + רֵֽ + י + יְ֠ + הוּ + דָה

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me + a + re + ye + ye + hu + da

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meareyeyehuda

Alphabet Analysis

	Mem	m as in mother
	Tsere	long 'ey' as in they
	Ayin	deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
	Qamets	long 'ah'
	Resh	r guttural, like the French r
	Tsere	long 'ey' as in they
	Yod	y as in yes; marks long ī
	Yod	y as in yes; marks long ī
	Sheva	vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
	He	h as in house; silent at word end
	Vav	v as in vine; marks long ō / ū
	Dalet	d as in door
	Qamets	long 'ah'
	He	h as in house; silent at word end

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Vowels (Niqqud)

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The word

Word in context

word
me-a-RE-ye-ye-hu-DA
phraseyour reading level
u-va-U me-a-RE-ye-ye-hu-DA
clause
u-va-U me-a-RE-ye-ye-hu-DA u-mis-se-vi-VOT ye-ru-sha-LA-yim u-me-E-rets bin-ya-MIN u-min-ha-she-fe-LA u-min-ha-HAR u-min-ha-NE-gev me-vi-IM o-LA ve-ZE-vakh u-min-KHA u-le-vo-NA
sentence
u-va-U me-a-RE-ye-ye-hu-DA u-mis-se-vi-VOT ye-ru-sha-LA-yim u-me-E-rets bin-ya-MIN u-min-ha-she-fe-LA u-min-ha-HAR u-min-ha-NE-gev me-vi-IM o-LA ve-ZE-vakh u-min-KHA u-le-vo-NA u-me-vi-E to-DA BET Ye-ho-VAH

Exegesis

It then lists multiple prepositional constructs—me'arei- {מֵעָרֵֽי־ | mê-ʿā-rê} ‘from the cities of’, umissvivot {וּמִסְּבִיב֨וֹת | û-mis-sə-ḇî-ḇōṯ} ‘from the surroundings of’, ume'erets {וּמֵאֶ֣רֶץ | û-mê-ʾe-reṣ} ‘from the land of’, umin-hashefela {וּמִן־הַשְּׁפֵלָ֤ה | û-min haš-p̄ê-lāh} ‘from the lowland’, umin-hahar {וּמִן־הָהָר֙ | û-min hā-hār} ‘from the hill country’, umin-hanegev {וּמִן־הַנֶּ֔גֶב | û-min han-ne-ḡev} ‘from the Negev’—which specify the diverse regions.

In context — Jeremiah 17:26

And they will come from the cities of Judah, and from the regions around Jerusalem, and from the land of Benjamin, and from the lowland, and from the hill country, and from the Negev, bringing burnt offerings, and sacrifices, and grain offerings, and frankincense, and bringing thank offerings to the house of the LORD .

About this coordinate

Jeremiah 17:26:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Jeremiah 17:26, so the Hebrew word מֵעָרֵֽי־יְ֠הוּדָה (meareyeyehuda) 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.17.26.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.17.26.W2.S1) and character.

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