Genesis 39:5:12Gen.39.5.W12TAB

הַמִּצְרִ֖י

hamitsri

Egyptian

Transliteration
ha-mits-RI
Extended
hah-mihts-REE
IPA
/ham.mitsˈriː/

Meaning by language

English
Egyptian

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Result
הַ + מִּצְ + רִ֖י
ha + mits + ri
hamitsri

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Memm as in mother
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Tsadets as in cats
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Word in context

  1. word

    ha-mits-RI

  2. phraseyour reading level

    et-BEIT ha-mits-RI

  3. clause

    va-ye-HI me-AZ hif-KID o-TO be-vei-TO ve-AL kol-a-SHER yesh-LO va-ye-VA-rekh Ye-ho-VAH et-BEIT ha-mits-RI big-LAL yo-SEF

  4. sentence

    va-ye-HI me-AZ hif-KID o-TO be-vei-TO ve-AL kol-a-SHER yesh-LO va-ye-VA-rekh Ye-ho-VAH et-BEIT ha-mits-RI big-LAL yo-SEF va-ye-HI bir-KAT Ye-ho-VAH be-KOL-a-SHER yesh-LO ba-BA-yit u-va-sa-DE

Exegesis

The second wayyiqtol vayevarekh YHWH {וַיְבָרֶךְ יְהוָה | way-ḇā-reḵ Yə-hō-wāh} introduces the resultant action, with the direct object et bêṯ ham-miṣ-rî {אֶת־בֵּ֥ית הַמִּצְרִ֖י} “the house of the Egyptian” and biglal Yosef {בִּגְלַל יוֹסֵף | big-lāl yô-sēf} indicating the causal reason.

In contextGenesis 39:5

And it came to pass, from the time he appointed him over his house and over all that he had, that the LORD blessed the house of the Egyptian for Joseph’s sake; and the blessing of the LORD was on all that he had, in the house and in the field.

About this coordinate

Genesis 39:5:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Genesis 39:5, so the Hebrew word הַמִּצְרִ֖י (hamitsri) 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 Gen.39.5.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.39.5.W12.S1) and character.