Leviticus 23:43:11Lev.23.43.W11TAB
מֵאֶ֣רֶץ
meerets
“from the land of”
- Transliteration
- me-E-rets
- Extended
- meh-EH-rets
- IPA
- /meˈʔɛrɛts/
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
le-ma-AN ye-DE-OO do-ro-TEE-khem KI va-SOO-KOHT ho-shav-TI et-be-NEE yis-ra-EL be-ho-tsi-I o-TAM me-E-rets mits-RA-yim
- sentence
le-ma-AN ye-DE-OO do-ro-TEE-khem KI va-SOO-KOHT ho-shav-TI et-be-NEE yis-ra-EL be-ho-tsi-I o-TAM me-E-rets mits-RA-yim a-NI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEE-khem
Exegesis
The pronoun otam {אוֹתָם | ’ō-tām} and prepositional phrase me’erets mitsrayim {מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם | mē-’e-reṣ mits-rā-yim} specify from where.
In context — Leviticus 23:43
So that your generations may know that I caused the sons of Israel to dwell in booths when I brought them out from the land of Egypt; I am the LORD your God.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 23:43:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Leviticus 23:43, 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.23.43.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.23.43.W11.S1) and character.