Genesis 11:31:16Gen.11.31.W16PAT
מֵא֣וּר
meur
“from Ur”
- Transliteration
- me-UR
- Extended
- meh-OOR
- IPA
- /meː.ˈʔuːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- from Ur
- French
- d'Our
- Spanish
- de Ur
- Portuguese
- de Ur
- German
- aus Ur
- Russian
- из Ура
- Arabic-Simplified
- من أور
- Hindi
- ऊर से
- Chinese-Simplified
- 从吾珥
- Korean
- 우르에서
- Indonesian
- dari Ur
- Bengali
- ঊর থেকে
- Tagalog
- mula sa Ur
- Swahili
- kutoka Uru
- Amharic
- ከኡር
- Yoruba
- lati Uri
- Igbo
- site n'Ur
- Twi
- fi Ur
- Ewe
- tso Ur
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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
me-UR
- phraseyour reading level
me-UR ka-se-DIM
- clause
va-ye-tse-U it-TAM me-UR ka-se-DIM la-le-KHET a-re-TSA ke-na-AN va-ya-VO-u ad-kha-RAN va-ye-she-VU SHAM
- sentence
va-yik-KAKH TE-rakh et-av-RAM be-NO ve-et-LOT ben-ha-RAN ben-be-NO ve-ET sa-RAI ka-la-TO E-shet av-RAM be-NO va-ye-tse-U it-TAM me-UR ka-se-DIM la-le-KHET a-re-TSA ke-na-AN va-ya-VO-u ad-kha-RAN va-ye-she-VU SHAM
In context — Genesis 11:31
Terah took Abram his son and Lot son of Haran his grandson and Sarai his daughter-in-law wife of Abram his son they went out with them from Ur of the Chaldeans to go toward the land of Canaan they came as far as Haran they settled there
About this coordinate
Genesis 11:31:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Genesis 11:31, so the Hebrew word מֵא֣וּר (meur) 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 Gen.11.31.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.11.31.W16.S1) and character.