Isaiah 19:15:2Isa.19.15.W2TAB
לְמִצְרַ֖יִם
lemitsrayim
“for Egypt”
- Transliteration
- le-mits-RA-yim
- Extended
- leh-mits-RAH-yihm
- IPA
- /ləmitsˈrajim/
Meaning by language
- English
- for Egypt
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
le-mits-RA-yim
- phraseyour reading level
ve-LO-yi-he-YE le-mits-RA-yim
- clause
ve-LO-yi-he-YE le-mits-RA-yim ma-a-SE
- sentence
ve-LO-yi-he-YE le-mits-RA-yim ma-a-SE a-SHER ya-a-SE ROSH ve-za-NAV kip-PA ve-ag-MON
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase lemitzrāyim {לְמִצְרַיִם | lə-mits-rā-yim} “for Egypt” indicates the target of the oracle.
Root and etymology
“narrow, constrained”
In context — Isaiah 19:15
And there will be no work for Egypt that the head or the tail, the branch or the reed can perform.
About this coordinate
Isaiah 19:15:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Isaiah 19:15, so the Hebrew word לְמִצְרַ֖יִם (lemitsrayim) 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 Isa.19.15.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.19.15.W2.S1) and character.