יְאֹרֵ֥י

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 יְאֹרֵ֥י

   ye-o-RE

   streams of, or Nile-channels of
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 יְאֹרֵ֥י מָצֽוֹר׃

   ye-o-RE ma-TSOR

   streams of, or Nile-channels of Egypt
3. clause🔊 וְאַחְרִב֙ בְּכַף־פְּעָמַ֔י כֹּ֖ל יְאֹרֵ֥י מָצֽוֹר׃

   ve-akh-RIV be-khaf-pe-a-MAI KOL ye-o-RE ma-TSOR

   and I dried up with the sole of my steps, that is, with the sole of my foot all streams of, or Nile-channels of Egypt
4. sentence🔊 אֲנִ֣י קַ֔רְתִּי וְשָׁתִ֖יתִי מַ֣יִם זָרִ֑ים וְאַחְרִב֙ בְּכַף־פְּעָמַ֔י כֹּ֖ל יְאֹרֵ֥י מָצֽוֹר׃

   a-NI KAR-ti ve-sha-TI-ti MA-yim za-RIM ve-akh-RIV be-khaf-pe-a-MAI KOL ye-o-RE ma-TSOR

   I I dug and I drank water foreign and I dried up with the sole of my steps, that is, with the sole of my foot all streams of, or Nile-channels of Egypt

Exegesis

The construct kol ye’orei {כֹּל יְאֹרֵי | kōl yᵊ-ʾō-rê} ‘all the rivers’ expresses totality, paired with matzor {מָצוֹר | mā-ṣôr} ‘fortress’ used synecdochically for Egypt. The English rendering preserves Hebrew word order to reflect the speaker’s escalating boast.