Ezekiel 20:36:6Ezek.20.36.W6TAB
מִצְרָ֑יִם
mitsrayim
“of Egypt”
- Transliteration
- mits-RA-yim
- Extended
- mih-ts-RAA-yihm
- IPA
- /mitsˈraːjim/
Meaning by language
- English
- of 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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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
mits-RA-yim
- phraseyour reading level
E-rets mits-RA-yim
- clause
ka-a-SHER nish-PAT-ti ET-a-vo-TE-khem ba-mid-BAR E-rets mits-RA-yim
- sentence
ka-a-SHER nish-PAT-ti ET-a-vo-TE-khem ba-mid-BAR E-rets mits-RA-yim KEN esh-POT ET-khem ne-UM a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase be-midbar ʾe-reṣ Miṣrayim {בְּמִדְבַּר אֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם | bə-mid-bar ʾe-reṣ miṣ-rā-yim} ‘in the wilderness of the land of Egypt’ sets the historical and geographic context.
Root and etymology
m-ṣ-r
“Egypt, land of restriction”
In context — Ezekiel 20:36
Just as I judged your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so I will judge you, declares the Lord GOD .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 20:36:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Ezekiel 20:36, so the Hebrew word מִצְרָ֑יִם (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 Ezek.20.36.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.20.36.W6.S1) and character.