Isaiah 19:23:5Isa.19.23.W5TAB
מִמִּצְרַ֙יִם֙
mimmitsrayim
“from Egypt”
- Transliteration
- mim-mits-ra-YIM
- Extended
- mihm-mih-tsrah-YEEM
- IPA
- /mim.mits.raˈjim/
Meaning by language
- English
- from Egypt
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| 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
mim-mits-ra-YIM
- phraseyour reading level
tih-yeh me-sil-LA mim-mits-ra-YIM
- clause
ba-YOM ha-HU tih-yeh me-sil-LA mim-mits-ra-YIM a-shu-RA u-VA-a-shur be-mits-ra-YIM u-mits-ra-YIM be-a-SHUR
- sentence
ba-YOM ha-HU tih-yeh me-sil-LA mim-mits-ra-YIM a-shu-RA u-VA-a-shur be-mits-ra-YIM u-mits-ra-YIM be-a-SHUR ve-a-ve-DU mits-ra-YIM et-a-shur
Exegesis
The directional phrase mimitsrayim ashurah {מִמִּצְרַיִם אַשּׁ֔וּרָה | min-miṣrayîm ʾaššûrâ} specifies origin and destination.
Root and etymology
m-ṣ-rm-ṣ-r
“narrowness”
In context — Isaiah 19:23
In that day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria, and Assyria will come into Egypt, and Egypt into Assyria, and the Egyptians will serve with the Assyrians.
About this coordinate
Isaiah 19:23:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Isaiah 19:23, so the Hebrew word מִמִּצְרַ֙יִם֙ (mimmitsrayim) 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.19.23.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.19.23.W5.S1) and character.