1 Samuel 15:7:91 Sam.15.7.W9TAB
מִצְרָֽיִם׃
mitsrayim
“Egypt”
- Transliteration
- mits-ra-YIM
- Extended
- mihts-rah-YEEM
- IPA
- /mits.raˈjim/
Meaning by language
- English
- Egypt
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
mits-ra-YIM
- phraseyour reading level
al-pe-NEI mits-ra-YIM
- clause
me-kha-vi-LA bo-a-KHA SHUR a-SHER al-pe-NEI mits-ra-YIM
- sentence
va-YAKH sha-UL et-ah-ma-LEK me-kha-vi-LA bo-a-KHA SHUR a-SHER al-pe-NEI mits-ra-YIM
Exegesis
The relative ʾă-šer {אֲשֶׁר | ʾă-šer} and ʿal-pᵊ-nê Miṣ-rā-yim {עַל־פְּנֵי מִצְרָיִם | ʿal-pᵊ-nê Miṣ-rā-yim} specify the geographic boundary, rendered “from Havilah to Shur, which is east of Egypt” to preserve directional nuance.
In context — 1 Samuel 15:7
And Saul struck down the Amalekites from Khavilah as he came to Shur , on the face of Egypt.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 15:7:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 1 Samuel 15:7, so the Hebrew word מִצְרָֽיִם׃ (mitsrayim) 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 1 Sam.15.7.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.15.7.W9.S1) and character.