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

Result
מִצְ + רָֽ + יִם׃
mits + ra + yim
mitsrayim

Alphabet Analysis

Memm as in mother
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Tsadets as in cats
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Qametslong 'ah'
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    mits-ra-YIM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    al-pe-NEI mits-ra-YIM

  3. clause

    me-kha-vi-LA bo-a-KHA SHUR a-SHER al-pe-NEI mits-ra-YIM

  4. 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 context1 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.