Exodus 17:14:15Exod.17.14.W15TAB
מִתַּ֖חַת
mittakhat
“from under the”
- Transliteration
- mit-TA-khat
- Extended
- mih-TAH-khaht
- IPA
- /mit.ˈta.ħaθ/
Meaning by language
- English
- from under the
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mit-TA-khat
- clause
ki-ma-KHO em-KHEH et-ZE-kher a-ma-LEK mit-TA-khat ha-sha-MA-yim
- sentence
va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH el-mo-SHE ke-TOV ZOT zik-ka-RON ba-SE-fer ve-SIM be-oz-NEY ye-ho-SHU-a ki-ma-KHO em-KHEH et-ZE-kher a-ma-LEK mit-TA-khat ha-sha-MA-yim
Exegesis
The spatial phrase mitachat hashamayim {מִתַּ֖חַת הַשָּׁמָֽיִם | min-ta-ḥat haš-šā-mā-yim} conveys universal scope and is rendered “from under the heavens” (formal) and “from beneath the sky” (dynamic), maintaining cosmic breadth.
In context — Exodus 17:14
The LORD said to Moses, “Write this in the scroll as a memorial , and speak it so that Joshua hears it, for I will completely blot out the memory of Amalek from under the heavens.”
About this coordinate
Exodus 17:14:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Exodus 17:14, so the Hebrew word מִתַּ֖חַת (mittakhat) 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.17.14.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.17.14.W15.S1) and character.