Exodus 13:16:12Exod.13.16.W12TAB
מִמִּצְרָֽיִם׃
mimitsrayim
“from Egypt”
- Transliteration
- mi-mits-RA-yim
- Extended
- mim-mits-RAA-yeem
- IPA
- /mim.mits.ˈraː.jim/
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 | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
mi-mits-RA-yim
- clause
KI be-KHO-zek YAD ho-tsi-A-nu Ye-ho-VAH mi-mits-RA-yim
- sentence
ve-ha-YA le-OT al-yad-KHA u-le-to-ta-FOT BEIN ei-NE-kha KI be-KHO-zek YAD ho-tsi-A-nu Ye-ho-VAH mi-mits-RA-yim
Exegesis
The locative mi-mitsrayim {מִמִּצְרָֽיִם | mimmî-ṣrā-yim} ‘from Egypt’ situates the event in its historical and redemptive context.
Root and etymology
מ־צ־ר
“border, enclosure”
In context — Exodus 13:16
And it shall be for a sign upon your hand and for frontlets between your eyes, because by a mighty hand the LORD brought us out from Egypt .
About this coordinate
Exodus 13:16:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Exodus 13:16, so the Hebrew word מִמִּצְרָֽיִם׃ (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 Exod.13.16.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.13.16.W12.S1) and character.