Exodus 16:1:18Exod.16.1.W18TAB
מִצְרָֽיִם׃
mitsrayim
“Egypt”
- Transliteration
- mits-RA-yim
- Extended
- mits-RAA-yim
- IPA
- /mits.ˈraː.jim/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mits-RA-yim
- phraseyour reading level
me-E-rets mits-RA-yim
- clause
ba-kha-mi-SHA a-SAR YOM la-KHO-desh ha-she-NI le-tse-TAM me-E-rets mits-RA-yim
- sentence
va-yis-OO me-e-LIM va-ya-VO-oo kol-a-DAT be-ne-yis-ra-EL el-mid-bar-SIN a-SHER bein-e-LIM u-VEIN si-NAI ba-kha-mi-SHA a-SAR YOM la-KHO-desh ha-she-NI le-tse-TAM me-E-rets mits-RA-yim
Exegesis
Temporal reference is marked by the phrase bachamisha asar yom {בַּחֲמִשָּׁה עָשָׂר יוֹם | ba-ḥă-mî-ššāh ‘ā-śār yôm} ‘on the fifteenth day’ and the infinitive construct letsetam {לְצֵאתָם | lə-ṣê-’ā-tām} ‘after their going out’, linking back to mitsrayim {מִצְרַיִם | mits-rā-yim} ‘Egypt’. In translation, the wayyiqtol verbs become English past tense, construct chains are smoothed into noun phrases, and the Hebrew dating formula is preserved to reflect its temporal precision.
Root and etymology
m-ṣ-rmem–ṣade–resh
“narrow place, confinement”
In context — Exodus 16:1
They traveled on from Elim, and all the congregation of the sons of Israel arrived at the wilderness of Sin, which lies between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departure from the land of Egypt.
About this coordinate
Exodus 16:1:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of Exodus 16:1, so the Hebrew word מִצְרָֽיִם׃ (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.16.1.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.16.1.W18.S1) and character.