Jeremiah 17:26:5Jer.17.26.W5TAB
וּמֵאֶ֣רֶץ
umeerets
“and from the land of”
- Transliteration
- u-me-E-rets
- Extended
- oo-mee-EH-rehts
- IPA
- /umeːˈʔɛrɛts/
Meaning by language
- English
- and from the land of
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| 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
u-me-E-rets
- phraseyour reading level
u-me-E-rets bin-ya-MIN
- 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 17:26:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Jeremiah 17:26, so the Hebrew word וּמֵאֶ֣רֶץ (umeerets) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.17.26.W5.S1) and character.