Exodus 14:11:13Exod.14.11.W13TAB
מִמִּצְרָֽיִם׃
mimitsrayim
“from Egypt”
- Transliteration
- mi-mits-RA-yim
- Extended
- mih-mits-RAH-yim
- IPA
- /mim.mits.ˈra.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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Word in context
- word
mi-mits-RA-yim
- clause
mah-ZOT a-si-TA la-NU le-ho-tsi-A-nu mi-mits-RA-yim
- sentence
va-yom-RU el-mo-SHE ha-mib-LI ein-ke-va-RIM be-mits-RA-yim le-kakh-TA-nu la-MUT ba-mid-BAR mah-ZOT a-si-TA la-NU le-ho-tsi-A-nu mi-mits-RA-yim
Exegesis
Finally, the Hiphil infinitive le-ho-tsi-anu {לְהוֹצִיאָנוּ | lə-hō-ṣî-ʾā-nû} ‘to bring us out’ with mimmitsrayim {מִמִּצְרָיִם | mimmitsrāyim} ‘from Egypt’ highlights causation. This VSO structure and nested infinitives convey Israel’s fear and accusation while the English SVO rendering preserves emotional force and rhetorical pacing.
Root and etymology
Rootm-ṣ-r
“narrow, confined”
In context — Exodus 14:11
And they said to Moses, “Is it because there are no graves in Egypt that you have taken us away to die in the wilderness ? What is this that you have done to us in bringing us out of Egypt ?”
About this coordinate
Exodus 14:11:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Exodus 14:11, 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.14.11.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.14.11.W13.S1) and character.