Numbers 24:19:5Num.24.19.W5TAB
מֵעִֽיר׃
meeer
“from a city”
- Transliteration
- me-EER
- Extended
- meh-EER
- IPA
- /meːˈʔir/
Meaning by language
- English
- from a city
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
me-EER
- clause
ve-he-e-VID sa-REED me-EER
- sentence
ve-yer-DE mi-ya-a-KOV ve-he-e-VID sa-REED me-EER
Exegesis
The noun sarid {שָׂרִיד | śā-rîḏ} “survivor” designates the remnant, while me‘ir {מֵעִֽיר | mê-ʿî-r} “from a city” specifies the survivors’ location. The verse’s parallelism contrasts origin and outcome, preserved in English through balanced clauses.
Root and etymology
‘-y-rayin-yod-resh
“city, town”
In context — Numbers 24:19
And a ruler shall arise from Jacob , and he will destroy the survivor from the city.
About this coordinate
Numbers 24:19:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 24:19, so the Hebrew word מֵעִֽיר׃ (meeer) 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.24.19.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.24.19.W5.S1) and character.