Numbers 33:19:2Num.33.19.W2TAB
מֵרִתְמָ֑ה
meritmah
“from Ritmah”
- Transliteration
- me-rit-MAH
- Extended
- meh-rit-MAAH
- IPA
- /meːritˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- from Ritmah
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
me-rit-MAH
- clause
va-yis-U me-rit-MAH
- sentence
va-yis-U me-rit-MAH va-ya-kha-NU be-rim-MON PA-retz
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase meritmah {מֵרִתְמָ֑ה | mê-rîṯ-māh} ‘from Rithmah’ marks departure, while the construct berimmon pāreṣ {בְּרִמֹּן פָּֽרֶץ | bǝ-rimmôn pā-reṣ} ‘at Rimmon Perez’ indicates destination. English mirrors Hebrew’s min/B-preposition pattern with “from” and “at” to preserve spatial and narrative structure.
Root and etymology
Rootresh-tav-mem
“tamarisk tree”
In context — Numbers 33:19
And they set out from Rithmah and camped at Rimmon Perez.
About this coordinate
Numbers 33:19:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 33:19, so the Hebrew word מֵרִתְמָ֑ה (meritmah) 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.33.19.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.33.19.W2.S1) and character.