Exodus 13:8:12Exod.13.8.W12TAB
מִמִּצְרָֽיִם׃
mimitsrayim
“from Egypt”
- Transliteration
- mi-mits-RA-yim
- Extended
- mih-mits-RAA-yim
- 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
ba-a-VUR ZE a-SA Ye-ho-VAH LI be-tseh-TI mi-mits-RA-yim
- sentence
ve-hig-gad-TA le-vin-KHA bay-YOM ha-HU leh-MOR ba-a-VUR ZE a-SA Ye-ho-VAH LI be-tseh-TI mi-mits-RA-yim
Exegesis
The causal clause baavur zeh asah YHWH li {בַּעֲב֣וּר זֶה עָשָׂה יְהוָה לִי | ba-ʿă-vūr zeh ʿā-sāh Yə-hō-wāh lī} uses baavur ‘on account of’ with zeh as the explicative pronoun, while the infinitive betseti mimmitsrayim {בְּצֵאתִי מִמִּצְרָיִם | bə-ṣē-ʾ-ṭî mim-miṣ-rā-yim} provides temporal-historical grounding. This sequence highlights the covenant command supported by the foundational event of the Exodus.
Root and etymology
מ־צ־ר
“border, enclosure”
In context — Exodus 13:8
And you shall tell your son on that day, saying, “This is because of what the LORD did for me when I went out from Egypt .”
About this coordinate
Exodus 13:8:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Exodus 13:8, 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.13.8.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.13.8.W12.S1) and character.