2 Kings 18:21:92 Kgs.18.21.W9TAB
עַל־מִצְרַ֔יִם
almitsrayim
“on Egypt”
- Transliteration
- al-mits-ra-YIM
- Extended
- ahl-mih-tsrah-YEEM
- IPA
- /ʕal.mits.raˈjim/
Meaning by language
- English
- on Egypt
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
al-mits-ra-YIM
- clause
a-TA hi-NE va-takh-TA le-KHA al-mi-she-E-net ha-ka-NE ha-ra-TSUTS ha-ZE al-mits-ra-YIM a-SHER yi-sa-MEKH ISH a-LAV u-VA ve-kha-PO u-ne-ka-VA
- sentence
a-TA hi-NE va-takh-TA le-KHA al-mi-she-E-net ha-ka-NE ha-ra-TSUTS ha-ZE al-mits-ra-YIM a-SHER yi-sa-MEKH ISH a-LAV u-VA ve-kha-PO u-ne-ka-VA KEN par-O ME-lekh-mits-ra-YIM le-khol-ha-bot-khim a-LAV
In context — 2 Kings 18:21
Now, behold, you have trusted upon the staff of this broken reed; on Egypt, which, if a man leans upon it, it will go into his hand and pierce it. So is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust upon him.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 18:21:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 2 Kings 18:21, so the Hebrew word עַל־מִצְרַ֔יִם (almitsrayim) 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.18.21.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.18.21.W9.S1) and character.