Exodus 17:3:12Exod.17.3.W12TAB
מִמִּצְרַ֔יִם
mimmitsrayim
“out of Egypt”
- Transliteration
- mim-mits-RA-yim
- Extended
- mihm-mits-RAH-yim
- IPA
- /mim.mits.ˈra.jim/
Meaning by language
- English
- out of Egypt
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| 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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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
mim-mits-RA-yim
- phraseyour reading level
he-eh-li-TA-noo mim-mits-RA-yim
- clause
va-YO-mer la-MAH ZEH he-eh-li-TA-noo mim-mits-RA-yim le-ha-MIT o-TI ve-et-ba-NAI ve-et-mik-NAI ba-tsa-MA
- sentence
va-yits-MA SHAM ha-AM lam-MA-yim va-ya-LEN ha-AM al-mo-SHEH va-YO-mer la-MAH ZEH he-eh-li-TA-noo mim-mits-RA-yim le-ha-MIT o-TI ve-et-ba-NAI ve-et-mik-NAI ba-tsa-MA
In context — Exodus 17:3
But the people were thirsty for water there, and they complained against Moses . They said, “Why did you bring us up from Egypt, to cause us and our children and our livestock to die from thirst ?”
About this coordinate
Exodus 17:3:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Exodus 17:3, so the Hebrew word מִמִּצְרַ֔יִם (mimmitsrayim) 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.17.3.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.17.3.W12.S1) and character.