Deuteronomy 16:12:4Deut.16.12.W4TAB
בְּמִצְרָ֑יִם
bemitsrayim
“in Egypt”
- Transliteration
- be-mits-RA-yim
- Extended
- beh-mits-RAH-yeem
- IPA
- /bəmit͡sˈrajim/
Meaning by language
- English
- in Egypt
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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
be-mits-RA-yim
- clause
ve-za-KAR-ta ki-E-ved ha-YI-ta be-mits-RA-yim
- sentence
ve-za-KAR-ta ki-E-ved ha-YI-ta be-mits-RA-yim ve-sha-MAR-ta ve-a-SI-ta et-ha-khu-KIM ha-E-le
Exegesis
The causal conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} links the command to its rationale in the recollection that ‘eved hayita’ {עֶ֥בֶד הָיִ֖יתָ | ʿe-vêḏ hā-yî-ṯā} ‘you were a slave’ in Egypt (beMitzrayim {בְּמִצְרָ֑יִם | bə-miṣ-rā-yim}), establishing the historical context.
In context — Deuteronomy 16:12
And you shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and you shall carefully keep and do these statutes .
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 16:12:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Deuteronomy 16:12, so the Hebrew word בְּמִצְרָ֑יִם (bemitsrayim) 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.16.12.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.16.12.W4.S1) and character.