2 Kings 17:36:72 Kgs.17.36.W7TAB
מִצְרַ֛יִם
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 | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
mits-ra-YIM
- phraseyour reading level
me-E-rets mits-ra-YIM
- clause
KI IM-eT-ye-ho-VAH a-SHER he-e-LA ET-khem me-E-rets mits-ra-YIM be-KHO-akh ga-DOL u-viz-RO-a ne-tu-YA o-TO ti-RA-u
- sentence
KI IM-eT-ye-ho-VAH a-SHER he-e-LA ET-khem me-E-rets mits-ra-YIM be-KHO-akh ga-DOL u-viz-RO-a ne-tu-YA o-TO ti-RA-u ve-LO tish-ta-kha-VU ve-LO tiz-ba-KHU
Exegesis
The relative clause asher heʾelah etkhem meʾeretz Mitsrayim {אֲשֶׁר הֶעֱלָה אֶתְכֶ֜ם מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם | ʾă-šer he-ʿă-lāh ʾet-khem me-ʾe-reṣ mits-rā-yim} links worship duty to historical deliverance.
In context — 2 Kings 17:36
The LORD is the One who brought you up from the land of Egypt with great power and with an outstretched arm; Him you shall fear, to Him you shall bow down, and to Him you shall offer sacrifices.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 17:36:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Kings 17:36, so the Hebrew word מִצְרַ֛יִם (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 2 Kgs.17.36.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.36.W7.S1) and character.