Exodus 20:2:7Exod.20.2.W7TAB
מִצְרַ֖יִם
mitsrayim
“Egypt”
- Transliteration
- mits-RA-yim
- Extended
- mits-RAH-yim
- IPA
- /mits.ˈra.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 | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
mits-RA-yim
- phraseyour reading level
me-E-rets mits-RA-yim
- clause
a-SHER ho-tse-TI-kha me-E-rets mits-RA-yim mib-BEIT a-va-DIM
- sentence
a-no-KHI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha a-SHER ho-tse-TI-kha me-E-rets mits-RA-yim mib-BEIT a-va-DIM
Exegesis
The paired prepositional phrases me'erets mitsrayim {מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם | mē-ʾe-reṣ miṣ-rā-yim} ‘from the land of Egypt’ and mibbet avadim {מִבֵּית עֲבָדִים | mib-bêṯ ʿă-vā-ḏîm} ‘from the house of slaves’ form a parallel construct chain that intensifies the shift from geographic locale to social bondage. Syntactically, the main clause and relative clause form a single theological assertion linking divine identity with saving action, a pattern preserved in translation to maintain causal and covenantal logic.
In context — Exodus 20:2
I am the LORD your God , who brought you out from the land of Egypt, from the house of slavery.
About this coordinate
Exodus 20:2:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Exodus 20:2, so the Hebrew word מִצְרַ֖יִם (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.20.2.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.20.2.W7.S1) and character.