יִמַּ֥

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 יִמַּ֥

   yi-MAS

   will melt or dissolve
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 יִמַּ֥ בְּקִרְבּֽוֹ׃

   yi-MAS be-kir-BO

   will melt or dissolve within him or in his midst
3. clause🔊 הִנֵּ֨ה יְהוָ֜ה רֹכֵ֨ב עַל־עָ֥ב קַל֙ וּבָ֣א מִצְרַ֔יִם וְנָע֞וּ אֱלִילֵ֤י מִצְרַ֙יִם֙ מִפָּנָ֔יו וּלְבַ֥ב מִצְרַ֖יִם יִמַּ֥ בְּקִרְבּֽוֹ׃

   hi-NE ye-ho-VAH ro-KHEV al-AV KAL u-VA mits-RA-yim ve-NA-u e-li-LE mits-RA-yim mi-pa-NAV u-le-VAV mits-RA-yim yi-MAS be-kir-BO

   behold the LORD riding on a cloud swift or light and comes to Egypt and they will shake or tremble the idols of Egypt from before him or at his presence and the heart of Egypt will melt or dissolve within him or in his midst
4. sentence🔊 מַשָּׂ֖א מִצְרָ֑יִם הִנֵּ֨ה יְהוָ֜ה רֹכֵ֨ב עַל־עָ֥ב קַל֙ וּבָ֣א מִצְרַ֔יִם וְנָע֞וּ אֱלִילֵ֤י מִצְרַ֙יִם֙ מִפָּנָ֔יו וּלְבַ֥ב מִצְרַ֖יִם יִמַּ֥ בְּקִרְבּֽוֹ׃

   ma-SA mits-RA-yim hi-NE ye-ho-VAH ro-KHEV al-AV KAL u-VA mits-RA-yim ve-NA-u e-li-LE mits-RA-yim mi-pa-NAV u-le-VAV mits-RA-yim yi-MAS be-kir-BO

   an oracle or a burden Egypt behold the LORD riding on a cloud swift or light and comes to Egypt and they will shake or tremble the idols of Egypt from before him or at his presence and the heart of Egypt will melt or dissolve within him or in his midst

Exegesis

Finally, the construct ûl-bā́v miṣrāyim {וּלְבַב מִצְרַיִם | ūl-bā́v miṣrāyim} ‘and the heart of Egypt’ with yimmās {יִמַּס | yimmās} ‘will melt’ in bəkirbô {בְּקִרְבּֽוֹ | bəkirbô} ‘in its midst’ forms a vivid parallelism, intensifying comprehensive judgment.