Zechariah 14:19:4Zech.14.19.W4TAB
מִצְרָ֑יִם
mitsrayim
“Egypt”
- Transliteration
- mits-ra-YIM
- Extended
- mih-tsrah-YEEm
- IPA
- /mits.raˈjim/
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 | |
| 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
mits-ra-YIM
- phraseyour reading level
kha-TAAT mits-ra-YIM
- clause
ZOT tih-he-YE kha-TAAT mits-ra-YIM
- sentence
ZOT tih-he-YE kha-TAAT mits-ra-YIM ve-kha-TAAT KAL-ha-go-YIM a-SHER LO ya-a-LU la-KHOG ET-khag ha-su-KOT
Exegesis
A construct chain links chattat {חַטַּאת | ḥaṭ·ṭāṯ} to mitsrayim {מִצְרָיִם | miṣ·rā·yim} and kol-hagoyim {כָּל-הַגּוֹיִם | kāl·ha·gô·yim} in distributive parallelism.
In context — Zechariah 14:19
This will be the punishment of Egypt and the punishment of all the nations that do not go up to celebrate the Festival of Booths .
About this coordinate
Zechariah 14:19:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Zechariah 14:19, so the Hebrew word מִצְרָ֑יִם (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 Zech.14.19.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Zech.14.19.W4.S1) and character.