Jeremiah 23:7:12Jer.23.7.W12TAB
מֵאֶ֥רֶץ
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 mits-ra-YIM
- clause
ve-LO-YO-me-RU OD KHAI-ye-ho-VAH a-SHER he-e-LA et-be-NE yis-ra-EL me-E-rets mits-ra-YIM
- sentence
la-KHEN hin-NE-YA-mim ba-IM ne-UM-ye-ho-VAH ve-LO-YO-me-RU OD KHAI-ye-ho-VAH a-SHER he-e-LA et-be-NE yis-ra-EL me-E-rets mits-ra-YIM
Exegesis
Finally, the prepositional phrase me-eretz Mitzrayim {מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם | mē-’e-reṣ miṣ-rā-yim} situates the promise within the Exodus narrative.
Root and etymology
Root’-r-ṣ
“earth, land, territory”
In context — Jeremiah 23:7
Therefore, look—days are coming—declares the LORD —when people will no longer say, "As the LORD lives, who brought up the sons of Israel from the land of Egypt."
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 23:7:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Jeremiah 23:7, 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 Jer.23.7.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.23.7.W12.S1) and character.