Leviticus 22:33:3Lev.22.33.W3TAB
מֵאֶ֣רֶץ
meerets
“from the land of”
- Transliteration
- me-E-rets
- Extended
- meh-EH-rets
- IPA
- /me.ˈʔɛ.rɛts/
Meaning by language
- English
- from the land of
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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
ha-mo-TSEE et-KHEM me-E-rets mits-RA-yim lih-YOT la-KHEM le-e-lo-HIM
- sentence
ha-mo-TSEE et-KHEM me-E-rets mits-RA-yim lih-YOT la-KHEM le-e-lo-HIM a-NI Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase me’erets mitsrayim {מֵאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרַ֔יִם | mēʼereṣ miṣrāyim} provides historical‐geographical context.
In context — Leviticus 22:33
I am the LORD who brought you out from the land of Egypt to be your God. I am the LORD.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 22:33:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Leviticus 22:33, so the Hebrew word מֵאֶ֣רֶץ (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 Lev.22.33.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.22.33.W3.S1) and character.