Judges 17:1:2Judg.17.1.W2TAB
מֵֽהַר־אֶפְרָ֖יִם
meharefrayim
“from the hill-country of Ephraim”
- Transliteration
- me-har-e-fra-YIM
- Extended
- mee-hahr-eh-frah-YEEM
- IPA
- /meː.har.ʔɛf.raˈjim/
Meaning by language
- English
- from the hill-country of Ephraim
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
me-har-e-fra-YIM
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-HI-I-sh me-har-e-fra-YIM
- sentence
va-ye-HI-I-sh me-har-e-fra-YIM u-she-MO mi-kha-YE-hu
Exegesis
The construct phrase mehar {מֵֽהַר | mê-har} ‘from the hill’ merges the preposition min with a definite noun to specify geography, which is further identified by Ephrayim {אֶפְרָ֖יִם | ʾĕ-frā-yim}.
Root and etymology
he-reshh-r
“mountain, hill”
In context — Judges 17:1
Now there was a man from the hill country of Ephraim, and his name was Micah.
About this coordinate
Judges 17:1:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Judges 17:1, so the Hebrew word מֵֽהַר־אֶפְרָ֖יִם (meharefrayim) 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 Judg.17.1.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.17.1.W2.S1) and character.