Jeremiah 24:10:7Jer.24.10.W7TAB
מֵעַ֣ל
meal
“from upon”
- Transliteration
- me-AL
- Extended
- mee-AL
- IPA
- /meːˈʕal/
Meaning by language
- English
- from upon
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
me-AL
- phraseyour reading level
me-AL ha-a-da-MA
- clause
ad-tu-MAM me-AL ha-a-da-MA a-sher-na-TAT-ti la-HEM ve-la-a-vo-te-HEM
- sentence
ve-shi-laKH-TI VAM et-ha-KHE-rev et-ha-ra-AV ve-et-ha-DA-ver ad-tu-MAM me-AL ha-a-da-MA a-sher-na-TAT-ti la-HEM ve-la-a-vo-te-HEM
Exegesis
The idiom me-al ha-adamah {מֵעַ֣ל הָאֲדָמָ֔ה | mē-ʿal hā-ʾă-ḏā-māh} ‘from upon the land’ signifies removal from the territory.
In context — Jeremiah 24:10
And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence among them until they are consumed from upon the land which I have given to them and to their fathers.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 24:10:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Jeremiah 24:10, so the Hebrew word מֵעַ֣ל (meal) 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.24.10.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.24.10.W7.S1) and character.