Exodus 17:5:9Exod.17.5.W9TAB
מִזִּקְנֵ֣י
mizziknei
“from the elders of”
- Transliteration
- miz-zik-NEI
- Extended
- mih-zik-NEE
- IPA
- /miz.ziqˈneː/
Meaning by language
- English
- from the elders of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
miz-zik-NEI
- phraseyour reading level
miz-zik-NEI yis-ra-EL
- clause
va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH el-mo-SHE a-VOR lif-NEI ha-AM ve-KAKH it-TE-kha miz-zik-NEI yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH el-mo-SHE a-VOR lif-NEI ha-AM ve-KAKH it-TE-kha miz-zik-NEI yis-ra-EL u-mat-TE-kha a-SHER hi-KI-ta BO et-ha-ye-OR KAKH be-YAD-kha ve-ha-lakh-TA
Exegesis
The partitive miziqnei Yisrael {מִזִּקְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל | mīzzqnê yiś-rāʾēl} indicates selection of representative elders.
In context — Exodus 17:5
The LORD said to Moses, “Go on ahead of the people. Take with you some of the elders of Israel, and take in your hand your staff —the one with which you struck the Nile—and go.”
About this coordinate
Exodus 17:5:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Exodus 17:5, so the Hebrew word מִזִּקְנֵ֣י (mizziknei) 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.17.5.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.17.5.W9.S1) and character.