Isaiah 19:16:4Isa.19.16.W4TAB
מִצְרַ֖יִם
mitsrayim
“Egypt”
- Transliteration
- mits-ra-YIM
- Extended
- mihts-rah-YEEM
- IPA
- /mits.raˈjim/
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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The word
Word in context
- word
mits-ra-YIM
- phraseyour reading level
yih-ye mits-ra-YIM
- clause
ba-YOM ha-HU yih-ye mits-ra-YIM ka-na-SHIM
- sentence
ba-YOM ha-HU yih-ye mits-ra-YIM ka-na-SHIM ve-kha-RAD u-fa-KHAD mip-pe-NE te-nu-FAT yad-ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT a-SHER-HU me-NIF a-LAV
Exegesis
The verb yihyeh {יִֽהְיֶה | yiḥyēh} ‘will be’ predicates the state of mitsrayim {מִצְרַיִם | miṣrāyim} ‘Egypt,’ immediately qualified by the simile kanashim {כַּנָּשִׁים | ka-nāšîm} ‘like women,’ emphasizing national vulnerability.
Root and etymology
Rootmem–tsade–resh
“to bind, confine”
In context — Isaiah 19:16
In that day Egypt will be like women, and it will tremble and be afraid because of the shaking of the hand of the LORD of hosts , which He raises over it.
About this coordinate
Isaiah 19:16:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Isaiah 19:16, 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 Isa.19.16.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.19.16.W4.S1) and character.