Joshua 13:3:4Josh.13.3.W4TAB
מִצְרַ֗יִם
mitsrayim
“Egypt”
- Transliteration
- mits-RA-yim
- Extended
- mits-rah-YEEM
- IPA
- /ʕal.pəˈnej/
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
a-SHER al-pe-NEI mits-RA-yim
- clause
min-ha-shi-KHOR a-SHER al-pe-NEI mits-RA-yim ve-AD ge-VUL ek-RON tsa-fo-NAH la-ke-na-a-NI te-cha-SHEV
- sentence
min-ha-shi-KHOR a-SHER al-pe-NEI mits-RA-yim ve-AD ge-VUL ek-RON tsa-fo-NAH la-ke-na-a-NI te-cha-SHEV cha-ME-shet sar-NEI pe-lish-TIM ha-a-za-TI ve-ha-ash-do-DI ha-esh-klo-NI ha-gi-TI ve-ha-ek-ro-NI ve-ha-a-VIM
Exegesis
The relative pronoun asher {אֲשֶׁר | ’ă-šer} ‘which’ links to al-penei mitzrayim {עַל־פְּנֵי מִצְרָיִם | ’al-pə-nê miṣ-rā-yim} ‘upon the face of Egypt’.
In context — Joshua 13:3
From the Shihor which lies upon the face of Egypt and extends to the border of Ekron northward, it is reckoned as Canaanite territory. There are five lords of the Philistines , namely the Gazite, the Ashdodite, the Ashkelonite, the Gittite, and the Ekronite, and the Avvites.
About this coordinate
Joshua 13:3:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Joshua 13:3, so the Hebrew word מִצְרַ֗יִם (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 Josh.13.3.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.13.3.W4.S1) and character.