2 Chronicles 10:2:62 Chr.10.2.W6TAB
בְמִצְרַ֔יִם
bemitsrayim
“in Egypt”
- Transliteration
- be-mits-RA-yim
- Extended
- beh-mits-RAH-yeem
- IPA
- /bə.mitsˈrajim/
Meaning by language
- English
- in Egypt
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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
be-mits-RA-yim
- phraseyour reading level
ve-HU be-mits-RA-yim
- clause
va-ye-HI kish-MO-a ya-ra-VA-m ben-ne-VAT ve-HU be-mits-RA-yim a-SHER ba-RAKH mip-pe-NE she-lo-MO ha-ME-lekh
- sentence
va-ye-HI kish-MO-a ya-ra-VA-m ben-ne-VAT ve-HU be-mits-RA-yim a-SHER ba-RAKH mip-pe-NE she-lo-MO ha-ME-lekh va-ya-SHAV ya-ra-VA-m mim-mits-RA-yim
Exegesis
Jeroboam son of Nebat serves as the topic, with the resumptive pronoun vehu {וְהוּא | wə·hū} linking to the locative bemitsrayim {בְּמִצְרַיִם | bə·miṣrāyim} ‘in Egypt’.
In context — 2 Chronicles 10:2
And it happened when Jeroboam son of Nebat heard and he was in Egypt , where he had fled from before Solomon the king, that Jeroboam returned from Egypt.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 10:2:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Chronicles 10:2, so the Hebrew word בְמִצְרַ֔יִם (bemitsrayim) 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 2 Chr.10.2.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.10.2.W6.S1) and character.