Numbers 16:13:3Num.16.13.W3TAB
מֵאֶרֶץ
meeretz
“from a land”
- Transliteration
- me-E-retz
- Extended
- meh-EH-retz
- IPA
- /meˈʔɛrɛts/
Meaning by language
- English
- from a land
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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The word
Word in context
- word
me-E-retz
- sentence
ham-AT ki-he-e-li-TA-nu me-E-retz za-VAT kha-LAV u-de-VASH le-ha-mi-TE-nu bam-mid-BAR ki-tis-ta-RE-r a-LE-nu gam-his-ta-RE-r a-LE-nu his-ta-RE-r
Exegesis
The construct chain meeretz zavat chalav udevash {מֵאֶרֶץ זָבַת חָלָב וּדְבַשׁ | me-’er-eẓ za-vat kha-lav u-de-vash} ‘from a land flowing with milk and honey’ employs a noun of abundance to depict prosperity.
Root and etymology
א־ר־ץ
“land, territory”
In context — Numbers 16:13
Is it too small a thing that you have brought us up from a land flowing with milk and honey to kill us in the wilderness , that you must also surely rule over us?
About this coordinate
Numbers 16:13:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 16:13, so the Hebrew word מֵאֶרֶץ (meeretz) 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 Num.16.13.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.13.W3.S1) and character.