Numbers 24:8:3Num.24.8.W3TAB
מִמִּצְרַ֔יִם
mimitsrayim
“from Egypt”
- Transliteration
- mi-mits-RA-yim
- Extended
- mih-mits-RAH-yeem
- IPA
- /mim.mitsˈrajim/
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
mo-TSEE-o mi-mits-RA-yim
- clause
EL mo-TSEE-o mi-mits-RA-yim ke-to-a-FOT re-EM lo
- sentence
EL mo-TSEE-o mi-mits-RA-yim ke-to-a-FOT re-EM lo yo-a-KHAL go-YIM tsa-RAV ve-ats-mo-TE-hem ye-ga-REM ve-khit-TSA-v yim-KHATS
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase mimmîṣrayim {מִמִּצְרַיִם | mimmîṣrayim} ‘from Egypt’ sets the deliverance context.
In context — Numbers 24:8
God brings him out of Egypt; horns like those of a wild ox are his. He will devour nations, his adversaries; he will break their bones, and with his arrows he will smash them.
About this coordinate
Numbers 24:8:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 24:8, 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.24.8.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.24.8.W3.S1) and character.