Isaiah 19:17:4Isa.19.17.W4TAB
לְמִצְרַ֙יִם֙
lemitsrayim
“to Egypt”
- Transliteration
- le-mits-ra-YIM
- Extended
- leh-mih-tsrah-YEEM
- IPA
- /ləmits.raˈjim/
Meaning by language
- English
- to 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
ad-maT ye-hu-DA le-mits-ra-YIM
- clause
ve-ha-ye-TA ad-maT ye-hu-DA le-mits-ra-YIM le-kha-GA KOL a-SHER yaz-KIR o-TA e-LAV yif-KHAD
- sentence
ve-ha-ye-TA ad-maT ye-hu-DA le-mits-ra-YIM le-kha-GA KOL a-SHER yaz-KIR o-TA e-LAV yif-KHAD mip-ne a-TSAT ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT a-sher-HU yo-ETS a-LAV
Exegesis
The subject construct admat Yehudah {אַדְמַת יְהוּדָה | ʾă-ḏmat Yĕ-hû-ḏāh} ‘land of Judah’ is followed by lemitzrayim lichagga {לְמִצְרַיִם לְחָגָּא | lĕ-miṣ-rā-yim lĕ-ḥāg-gāʾ} ‘to Egypt for terror’, indicating the effect on Egypt.
Root and etymology
מ־צ־ר
“boundary, enclosure”
In context — Isaiah 19:17
And the land of Judah shall become a terror to Egypt; everyone who mentions it will be afraid for himself because of the counsel of the LORD of hosts that He has determined against it.
About this coordinate
Isaiah 19:17:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Isaiah 19:17, so the Hebrew word לְמִצְרַ֙יִם֙ (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.19.17.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.19.17.W4.S1) and character.