Exodus 18:8:9Exod.18.8.W9TAB
וּלְמִצְרַ֔יִם
oolemitsrayim
“and to the Egyptians”
- Transliteration
- oo-le-mits-RA-yim
- Extended
- oo-leh-mits-RAH-yim
- IPA
- /ulɛmitsˈrajim/
Meaning by language
- English
- and to the Egyptians
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
oo-le-mits-RA-yim
- phraseyour reading level
le-par-O oo-le-mits-RA-yim
- clause
va-ye-sa-PER mo-SHEH le-khot-NO ET kol-a-SHER a-SA Ye-ho-VAH le-par-O oo-le-mits-RA-yim al o-DOT yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-ye-sa-PER mo-SHEH le-khot-NO ET kol-a-SHER a-SA Ye-ho-VAH le-par-O oo-le-mits-RA-yim al o-DOT yis-ra-EL ET kol-hat-te-la-AH a-SHER me-tsa-a-TAM ba-DE-rekh va-yats-tsi-LEM Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The prepositional phrasing leparoh ulemitsrayim {לְפַרְעֹה וּלְמִצְרַיִם | lə-par-ʿōh û-lə-miṣ-rā-yim} ‘to Pharaoh and to Egypt’ pairs the monarch and his nation as unified actors.
In context — Exodus 18:8
And Moses recounted to his father-in-law all that the LORD had done to Pharaoh and to Egypt on account of Israel, all the hardship that had met them on the way, and how the LORD delivered them.
About this coordinate
Exodus 18:8:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Exodus 18:8, so the Hebrew word וּלְמִצְרַ֔יִם (oolemitsrayim) 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.18.8.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.18.8.W9.S1) and character.