Exodus 16:4:5Exod.16.4.W5TAB
מַמְטִ֥יר
mamtir
“will rain down”
- Transliteration
- mam-TIR
- Extended
- mahm-TEER
- IPA
- /mam.ˈtiːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- will rain down
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mam-TIR
- phraseyour reading level
hin-NEE mam-TIR la-KHEM
- clause
va-yo-MER Ye-ho-VAH el-mo-SHE hin-NEE mam-TIR la-KHEM LE-khem min-ha-sha-MA-yim
- sentence
va-yo-MER Ye-ho-VAH el-mo-SHE hin-NEE mam-TIR la-KHEM LE-khem min-ha-sha-MA-yim ve-ya-TSA ha-AM ve-lak-TU de-var-YOM be-yo-MO le-MA-an a-nas-SE-nu ha-ye-LEKH be-to-ra-TI im-LO
Exegesis
The Hifil participle mamtir {מַמְטִ֥יר | mam-ṭîr} with the prepositional phrase min-hashamayim {מִן־הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם | min-ha-šā-mā-yim} presents impending divine provision.
In context — Exodus 16:4
Then the LORD said to Moses, “See, I will shower bread from the heavens for you. Each day the people must go out and gather their portion, so that I may test them whether they will walk in My instruction or not.”
About this coordinate
Exodus 16:4:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Exodus 16:4, so the Hebrew word מַמְטִ֥יר (mamtir) 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.16.4.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.16.4.W5.S1) and character.