Numbers 33:38:14Num.33.38.W14TAB
מֵאֶ֣רֶץ
meeretz
“from the land”
- Transliteration
- me-E-retz
- Extended
- meh-EH-retz
- IPA
- /meˈʔɛrɛts/
Meaning by language
- English
- from the 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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Word in context
- word
me-E-retz
- phraseyour reading level
me-E-retz mits-RA-yim
- clause
bish-NAT har-ba-IM le-TSET be-NEI-yis-ra-EL me-E-retz mits-RA-yim ba-KHO-desh ha-cha-mi-SHI be-e-KHAD la-KHO-desh
- sentence
va-ya-AL a-ha-RON ha-ko-HEN el-HOR ha-HAR al-PI Ye-ho-VAH va-ya-MAT SHAM bish-NAT har-ba-IM le-TSET be-NEI-yis-ra-EL me-E-retz mits-RA-yim ba-KHO-desh ha-cha-mi-SHI be-e-KHAD la-KHO-desh
Exegesis
The infinitive ləṣē’ṯ bənê-yiśrā’ēl mê-’ereṣ miṣrāyim {לְצֵאת בְּנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם | ləṣē’ṯ bənê yiśrā’ēl mê’reṣ miṣrāyim} forms a temporal clause “after the sons of Israel went out of Egypt.”
Root and etymology
ʾ-r-ṣ
“land”
In context — Numbers 33:38
And Aaron the priest went up to Mount Hor at the command of the LORD , and he died there in the fortieth year after the sons of Israel had come out from the land of Egypt, in the fifth month, on the first day of the month.
About this coordinate
Numbers 33:38:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Numbers 33:38, so the Hebrew word מֵאֶ֣רֶץ (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.33.38.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.33.38.W14.S1) and character.