Joshua 13:9:1Josh.13.9.W1TAB

מֵעֲרוֹעֵ֡ר

mearoer

from Aroer

Transliteration
me-a-ro-ER
Extended
meh-a-ro-oh-EHR
IPA
/me.ʕa.roˈʔeːr/

Meaning by language

English
from Aroer

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
מֵ + עֲ + רוֹ + עֵ֡ר
me + a + ro + er
mearoer

Alphabet Analysis

Memm as in mother
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Hateph Patachreduced 'ah'
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    me-a-ro-ER

  2. sentence

    me-a-ro-ER a-SHER al-se-FAT-NA-khal ar-NON ve-ha-IR a-SHER be-TOKH-ha-NA-khal ve-KOL-ha-mi-SHOR me-yed-VA ad-di-VON

Exegesis

The opening prepositional phrase me-‘aro‘er {מֵעֲרוֹעֵ֡ר | mê-‘ă-rō-‘ēr} ‘from Aroer’ establishes the point of departure.

Root and etymology

‘-r-‘

exposed, barren

In contextJoshua 13:9

From Aroer on the rim of the Arnon valley , and the city that is in the midst of the valley, and all the plateau from Medeba to Dibon

About this coordinate

Joshua 13:9:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Joshua 13:9, so the Hebrew word מֵעֲרוֹעֵ֡ר (mearoer) 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 Josh.13.9.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.13.9.W1.S1) and character.