Numbers 22:5:15Num.22.5.W15TAB
מִמִּצְרַ֙יִם֙
mimitsrayim
“from Egypt”
- Transliteration
- mi-mits-RA-yim
- Extended
- mih-mits-RAH-yeem
- IPA
- /mimmit͡sˈrajim/
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
- phraseyour reading level
AM ya-TSA mi-mits-RA-yim
- clause
le-MOR hi-NEH AM ya-TSA mi-mits-RA-yim hi-NEH kis-SAH et-EIN ha-A-retz ve-HU yo-SHEV mi-mu-LI
- sentence
va-yish-LAKH mal-a-KHIM el-bil-AM ben-be-OR pe-to-RAH a-SHER al-ha-na-HAR E-retz be-NEI-am-MO lik-RO-LO le-MOR hi-NEH AM ya-TSA mi-mits-RA-yim hi-NEH kis-SAH et-EIN ha-A-retz ve-HU yo-SHEV mi-mu-LI
Exegesis
The perfect verb yāṣāʾ {יָצָ֤א | yāṣāʾ} “has come out” with the prepositional phrase mimmitsrāyim {מִמִּצְרַ֙יִם֙ | mimmitsrāyim} locates the people’s origin.
Root and etymology
m-ṣ-r
“narrowness”
In context — Numbers 22:5
And he sent messengers to Balaam son of Beor at Pethor by the river in the land of the sons of his people, to call him, saying, “Behold, a people has come out of Egypt; behold, they cover the face of the land , and it is dwelling across from me .”
About this coordinate
Numbers 22:5:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Numbers 22:5, so the Hebrew word מִמִּצְרַ֙יִם֙ (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.22.5.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.5.W15.S1) and character.