Numbers 14:2:12Num.14.2.W12TAB
מִצְרַ֔יִם
mitsrayim
“Egypt”
- Transliteration
- mits-RA-yim
- Extended
- mits-RAH-yim
- IPA
- /mitsraˈjim/
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
be-E-retz mits-RA-yim
- clause
va-yo-MRU a-le-HEM KOL-ha-e-DAH lu-MAT-nu be-E-retz mits-RA-yim OH ba-mid-BAR ha-ZEH lu-MAT-nu
- sentence
va-yil-LO-nu al-MO-sheh ve-al-a-ha-RON KOL be-NEI yis-ra-EL va-yo-MRU a-le-HEM KOL-ha-e-DAH lu-MAT-nu be-E-retz mits-RA-yim OH ba-mid-BAR ha-ZEH lu-MAT-nu
Exegesis
The alternating location phrases be-eretz Mitsrayim {בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם | bᵊ-ʾe·reṣ Miṣ·rā·yim} and ba-midbar hazzeh {בַּמִּדְבָּר הַזֶּה | ba·mid·bār ha·zzeh} set a stark contrast between remembered bondage and present desolation. The repetition and parallelism underscore the depth of regret and despair.
In context — Numbers 14:2
And all the sons of Israel grumbled against Moses and against Aaron, and the whole assembly said to them, “If only we had died in the land of Egypt, or if only we had died in this wilderness .”
About this coordinate
Numbers 14:2:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Numbers 14:2, so the Hebrew word מִצְרַ֔יִם (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 Num.14.2.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.2.W12.S1) and character.