Exodus 14:18:2Exod.14.18.W2TAB

מִצְרַ֖יִם

mitsrayim

Egyptians

Transliteration
mits-RA-yim
Extended
mits-RAH-yim
IPA
/mits.ˈra.jim/

Meaning by language

English
Egyptians

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
מִצְ + רַ֖ + יִם
mits + ra + yim
mitsrayim

Alphabet Analysis

Memm as in mother
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Tsadets as in cats
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    mits-RA-yim

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-yah-de-U mits-RA-yim

  3. clause

    ve-yah-de-U mits-RA-yim ki-a-NI Ye-ho-VAH

  4. sentence

    ve-yah-de-U mits-RA-yim ki-a-NI Ye-ho-VAH be-hik-kav-DI be-far-O be-rikh-BO u-ve-fa-ra-SHAV

Exegesis

The proper noun mitsrayim {מִצְרַיִם | mi-ṣrā-yim} ‘Egyptians’ functions as the subject of divine disclosure.

Root and etymology

y-myod–mem

sea

In contextExodus 14:18

And the Egyptians will know that I am the LORD when I am glorified through Pharaoh, through his chariots, and through his horsemen.

About this coordinate

Exodus 14:18:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Exodus 14:18, so the Hebrew word מִצְרַ֖יִם (mitsrayim) 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.14.18.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.14.18.W2.S1) and character.