Exodus 13:15:10Exod.13.15.W10TAB

מִבְּכֹ֥ר

mibbekhor

from firstborn of

Transliteration
mib-be-KHOR
Extended
mih-beh-KHOHR
IPA
/mib.bəˈxoːr/

Meaning by language

English
from firstborn of

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Result
מִב + בְּ + כֹ֥ר
mib + be + khor
mibbekhor

Alphabet Analysis

Memm as in mother
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    mib-be-KHOR

  2. phraseyour reading level

    mib-be-KHOR a-DAM

  3. clause

    va-ye-HI ki-hik-SHAA par-O le-shal-le-KHE-nu va-ya-ha-ROG Ye-ho-VAH kol-be-KHOR be-E-rets mits-RA-yim mib-be-KHOR a-DAM ve-ad-be-KHOR be-he-MA

  4. sentence

    va-ye-HI ki-hik-SHAA par-O le-shal-le-KHE-nu va-ya-ha-ROG Ye-ho-VAH kol-be-KHOR be-E-rets mits-RA-yim mib-be-KHOR a-DAM ve-ad-be-KHOR be-he-MA al-KEN a-NI zo-VE-akh la-ye-ho-VAH kol-PE-ter RE-khem haz-ze-kha-RIM ve-kol-be-KHOR ba-NAI ef-DE

Exegesis

A construct chain kol-bekhor be’erets mitsrayim {כָּל־בְּכוֹר בְּאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרַיִם | kol bə-ḵôr bə-ʾe-reṣ miṣ-rā-yim} details the victims, paralleled by mibbekhor adam {מִבְּכֹר אָדָם | miḇ-bə-ḵôr ’ā-dām} and ve’ad-bekhor behema {וְעַד־בְּכוֹר בְּהֵמָה | wə-ʿad bə-ḵôr bə-hê-mâ}.

In contextExodus 13:15

And it came to pass, when Pharaoh was stubborn about sending us away, that the LORD killed every firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man and the firstborn of animals. Therefore I sacrifice to the LORD every male that opens the womb, but I redeem every firstborn of my sons.

About this coordinate

Exodus 13:15:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Exodus 13:15, so the Hebrew word מִבְּכֹ֥ר (mibbekhor) 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 Exod.13.15.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.13.15.W10.S1) and character.