Exodus 16:6:13Exod.16.6.W13TAB
מִצְרָֽיִם׃
mitsrayim
“Egypt”
- Transliteration
- mits-RA-yim
- Extended
- mits-RAA-yihm
- 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
E-rev vi-da-TEM KI Ye-ho-VAH ho-TSI et-KHEM me-E-rets mits-RA-yim
- sentence
va-YO-mer mo-SHEH ve-a-ha-RON el-kal-be-NEI yis-ra-EL E-rev vi-da-TEM KI Ye-ho-VAH ho-TSI et-KHEM me-E-rets mits-RA-yim
Exegesis
The verb hotsi {הוֹצִ֥יא | hō-ṣî-ʾa} in the Hiphil voice underscores the LORD’s causative action of deliverance, and the prepositional phrase meerets mitsrayim {מֵאֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם | mē-ʾe-reṣ miṣ-rā-yim} specifies Egypt as the place of origin for the exodus.
Root and etymology
m-ṣ-rmem–ṣade–resh
“narrow place, confinement”
In context — Exodus 16:6
Moses and Aaron said to all the sons of Israel, “When evening comes, you will know that the LORD brought you out from the land of Egypt .”
About this coordinate
Exodus 16:6:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Exodus 16:6, 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.16.6.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.16.6.W13.S1) and character.