Deuteronomy 16:1:14Deut.16.1.W14TAB
מִמִּצְרַ֖יִם
mimitsrayim
“from Egypt”
- Transliteration
- mi-mits-RA-yim
- Extended
- mih-mits-RAH-yeem
- IPA
- /mim.mitsˈrajim/
Meaning by language
- English
- from Egypt
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| 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
mi-mits-RA-yim
- clause
KI be-KHO-desh ha-a-VIV ho-tsi-a-KHA Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha mi-mits-RA-yim LAI-la
- sentence
sha-MOR ET-KHO-desh ha-a-VIV ve-a-SI-ta PE-sakh la-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha KI be-KHO-desh ha-a-VIV ho-tsi-a-KHA Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha mi-mits-RA-yim LAI-la
Exegesis
Finally, the phrases min-mî-ṣrā-yim {מִמִּצְרַיִם | min-mî-ṣrā-yim} ‘from Egypt’ and lā-yə-lā {לָיְלָה | lā-yə-lā} ‘by night’ anchor the practice in its historical and temporal context.
In context — Deuteronomy 16:1
Keep watch over the month of Aviv and uphold the Passover to the LORD your God , because it was in Aviv, by night, that the LORD your God brought you out of Egypt.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 16:1:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Deuteronomy 16:1, so the Hebrew word מִמִּצְרַ֖יִם (mimitsrayim) 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 Deut.16.1.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.16.1.W14.S1) and character.