Numbers 3:13:8Num.3.13.W8TAB
מִצְרַ֗יִם
mitsrayim
“Egypt”
- Transliteration
- mits-RA-yim
- Extended
- mits-RAH-yeem
- IPA
- /mitsˈrajim/
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
KI LI kol-be-KHOR be-YOM ha-ko-TI kol-be-KHOR be-E-retz mits-RA-yim hik-dash-TI LI kol-be-KHOR be-yis-ra-EL me-a-DAM ad-be-he-MAH
- sentence
KI LI kol-be-KHOR be-YOM ha-ko-TI kol-be-KHOR be-E-retz mits-RA-yim hik-dash-TI LI kol-be-KHOR be-yis-ra-EL me-a-DAM ad-be-he-MAH LI yih-YU a-NI Ye-ho-VAH
In context — Numbers 3:13
For every firstborn is Mine; on the day that I struck down every firstborn in the land of Egypt, I set apart for Myself every firstborn in Israel, from human to animal. They shall be Mine. I am the LORD .
About this coordinate
Numbers 3:13:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Numbers 3:13, so the Hebrew word מִצְרַ֗יִם (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.3.13.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.3.13.W8.S1) and character.