Daniel 11:42:5Dan.11.42.W5TAB

מִצְרַ֔יִם

mitsrayim

Egypt

Transliteration
mits-ra-YIM
Extended
mihts-rah-YIM
IPA
/mits.raˈjim/

Meaning by language

English
Egypt

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
מִצְ + רַ֔ + 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
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
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

    ve-E-rets mits-ra-YIM

  3. clause

    ve-E-rets mits-ra-YIM LO tih-YEH lif-LEE-TA

  4. sentence

    veh-yish-LAKH YA-do ba-a-ra-TSOT ve-E-rets mits-ra-YIM LO tih-YEH lif-LEE-TA

Exegesis

The prepositional clause baartsot {בַּאֲרָצ֑וֹת | ba-ʾă-rā-ṣôṯ} ‘against the countries’ establishes a broad sphere of action, while the parallel clause veerets mitsrayim {וְאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרַ֔יִם | wə-ʾe-reṣ miṣ-rā-yim} ‘and the land of Egypt’ narrows focus to a specific target.

Root and etymology

Rootm-ts-r

Egypt

In contextDaniel 11:42

And he will stretch out his hand against the countries , and the land of Egypt will not be a place of escape .

About this coordinate

Daniel 11:42:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Daniel 11:42, so the Hebrew word מִצְרַ֔יִם (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 Dan.11.42.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.11.42.W5.S1) and character.