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

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Result
מֵ + רַ + עְמְ + סֵ֑
me + ra + am + seis
meraamseis

Alphabet Analysis

Memm as in mother
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Memm as in mother
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Samekhs as in sit
Tserelong 'ey' as in they

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Word in context

  1. word

    me-ra-am-seis

  2. clause

    va-yis-U be-NEI-yis-ra-EL me-ra-am-seis

  3. 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 contextNumbers 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.