Exodus 13:17:21Exod.13.17.W21TAB
מִצְרָֽיְמָה׃
mitsraima
“to Egypt”
- Transliteration
- mits-rai-MA
- Extended
- mits-rai-MAA
- IPA
- /mits.rajˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to Egypt
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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 | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mits-rai-MA
- phraseyour reading level
ve-sha-VU mits-rai-MA
- clause
KI a-MAR e-lo-HIM pen-yin-na-KHEM ha-AM bir-o-TAM mil-kha-MA ve-sha-VU mits-rai-MA
- sentence
va-ye-HI be-sha-LAKH par-O ET-ha-AM ve-lo-na-KHAM e-lo-HIM DE-rekh E-rets pe-lish-TEEM KI ka-ROV HU KI a-MAR e-lo-HIM pen-yin-na-KHEM ha-AM bir-o-TAM mil-kha-MA ve-sha-VU mits-rai-MA
Exegesis
The narrative closes with the vav-consecutive Qal perfect veshevu {וְשָׁ֥בוּ | wə-šāḇû} ‘and they returned’ plus the directional suffix mitsraymah {מִצְרָֽיְמָה | miṣraymah} ‘to Egypt’, illustrating divine strategic foresight.
In context — Exodus 13:17
And it happened that when Pharaoh dismissed the people, God did not guide them by the Philistine road, though it lay close by; for He said, “Lest the people reconsider when they see war and turn back to Egypt.”
About this coordinate
Exodus 13:17:21 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 21 of Exodus 13:17, so the Hebrew word מִצְרָֽיְמָה׃ (mitsraima) 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.13.17.W21, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.13.17.W21.S1) and character.