Isaiah 19:23:9Isa.19.23.W9TAB

וּמִצְרַ֣יִם

umitsrayim

and Egypt

Transliteration
u-mits-ra-YIM
Extended
oo-mih-tsrah-YEEM
IPA
/uːmits.raˈjim/

Meaning by language

English
and Egypt

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Result
וּ + מִצְ + רַ֣ + יִם
u + mits + ra + yim
umitsrayim

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Memm as in mother
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Tsadets as in cats
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    u-mits-ra-YIM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    u-mits-ra-YIM be-a-SHUR

  3. 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

  4. 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

Root and etymology

m-ṣ-rm-ṣ-r

narrowness

In contextIsaiah 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 19:23:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Isaiah 19:23, so the Hebrew word וּמִצְרַ֣יִם (umitsrayim) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.19.23.W9.S1) and character.