Numbers 4:45:5Num.4.45.W5TAB

מְרָרִ֑י

merari

of Merari

Transliteration
me-ra-RI
Extended
meh-rah-REE
IPA
/məraˈriː/

Meaning by language

English
of Merari

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
מְ + רָ + רִ֑י
me + ra + ri
merari

Alphabet Analysis

Memm as in mother
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Qametslong 'ah'
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Vowels (Niqqud)

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The word

Word in context

  1. word

    me-ra-RI

  2. phraseyour reading level

    be-NEI me-ra-RI

  3. clause

    E-le fe-ku-DEI mish-pe-KHOT be-NEI me-ra-RI

  4. sentence

    E-le fe-ku-DEI mish-pe-KHOT be-NEI me-ra-RI a-SHER pa-KAD mo-SHE ve-a-ha-RON al-PI Ye-ho-VAH be-YAD-mo-SHE

Exegesis

The verse opens with the demonstrative eleh {אֵ֣לֶּה | ʾêl-leh} ‘these’, introducing p'kudei mishpechot benei Merari {פְקוּדֵי מִשְׁפְּחֹת בְּנֵי מְרָרִי | pə-qû-ḏê miš-pə-ḥôṯ bə-nê mə-rā-rî} ‘records of the clans of the sons of Merari’ as the subject.

Root and etymology

מ־ר־רm-r-r

bitter

In contextNumbers 4:45

These are the records of the clans of the sons of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron counted according to the command of the LORD by the hand of Moses.

About this coordinate

Numbers 4:45:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 4:45, so the Hebrew word מְרָרִ֑י (merari) 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.4.45.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.4.45.W5.S1) and character.