Numbers 21:5:7Num.21.5.W7TAB
מִמִּצְרַ֔יִם
mimitsrayim
“from Egypt”
- Transliteration
- mi-mits-RA-yim
- Extended
- mih-mits-RA-yeem
- IPA
- /mimmiṣˈrajim/
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
mi-mits-RA-yim
- clause
va-ye-da-BER ha-AM be-e-lo-HIM u-ve-mo-SHEH la-MAH he-e-li-tu-NU mi-mits-RA-yim la-MUT ba-mid-BAR
- sentence
va-ye-da-BER ha-AM be-e-lo-HIM u-ve-mo-SHEH la-MAH he-e-li-tu-NU mi-mits-RA-yim la-MUT ba-mid-BAR KI EIN le-KHEM ve-EIN MA-yim ve-naf-SHE-nu ka-TSAH ba-LE-khem hak-ke-lo-KEL
Root and etymology
Rootm-ṣ-r
“Egypt, borderland”
In context — Numbers 21:5
And the people spoke against God and against Moses, “Why have you brought us up from Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no bread , and there is no water; and our soul is weary of this worthless bread.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:5:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Numbers 21:5, so the Hebrew word מִמִּצְרַ֔יִם (mimitsrayim) 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.21.5.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.5.W7.S1) and character.