Numbers 23:22:3Num.23.22.W3TAB
מִמִּצְרָ֑יִם
mimitsrayim
“from Egypt”
- Transliteration
- mi-mits-RA-yim
- Extended
- mih-mits-RAA-yeem
- IPA
- /mimitsˈrajim/
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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
mo-tsi-AM mi-mits-RA-yim
- clause
EL mo-tsi-AM mi-mits-RA-yim
- sentence
EL mo-tsi-AM mi-mits-RA-yim ke-to-a-FOT re-EM LO
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase mimmitsrayim {מִמִּצְרָיִם | mimmīṣrayim} “from Egypt” identifies the source of Israel’s oppression and highlights the contrast with divine rescue.
Root and etymology
consonantstsade–resh–resh
“be narrow, confine”
In context — Numbers 23:22
God is bringing them out from Egypt; like the horns of a wild ox are his .
About this coordinate
Numbers 23:22:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 23:22, so the Hebrew word מִמִּצְרָ֑יִם (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.23.22.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.23.22.W3.S1) and character.