Numbers 33:5:3Num.33.5.W3TAB
מֵרַעְמְסֵ֑
meraamseis
“from Rameses”
- Transliteration
- me-ra-am-seis
- Extended
- meh-rah-ame-SEHS
- IPA
- /me.raʕ.məˈseːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- from Rameses
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they |
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The word
Word in context
- word
me-ra-am-seis
- clause
va-yis-U be-NEI-yis-ra-EL me-ra-am-seis
- sentence
va-yis-U be-NEI-yis-ra-EL me-ra-am-seis va-ya-kha-NU be-su-KOT
Exegesis
The fused prepositional place name meramses {מֵרַעְמְסֵ֑ס | mē·ra·m·sês} ‘from Rameses’ marks origin.
In context — Numbers 33:5
And the sons of Israel set out from Rameses and camped at Sukkoth .
About this coordinate
Numbers 33:5:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 33:5, so the Hebrew word מֵרַעְמְסֵ֑ (meraamseis) 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.33.5.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.33.5.W3.S1) and character.