Genesis 37:36:4Gen.37.36.W4PAT
אֶל־מִצְרָ֑יִם
elmitserayim
“to Egypt”
- Transliteration
- el-mi-tse-RA-yim
- Extended
- ehl-mih-tseh-RAA-yihm
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.mi.tsə.ˈraː.jim/
Meaning by language
- English
- to Egypt
- French
- vers l'Égypte
- Spanish
- a Egipto
- Portuguese
- ao Egito
- German
- nach Ägypten
- Russian
- в Египет
- Arabic-Simplified
- إِلَى مِصْرَ
- Hindi
- मिस्र की ओर
- Chinese-Simplified
- 到埃及
- Korean
- 이집트로
- Indonesian
- ke Mesir
- Bengali
- মিসরের দিকে
- Tagalog
- sa Ehipto
- Swahili
- kwenda Misri
- Amharic
- ወደ ግብፅ
- Yoruba
- sí Ejibiti
- Igbo
- na Ijipt
- Twi
- kɔ Misraim
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a 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
el-mi-tse-RA-yim
- clause
ve-ham-me-da-NIM ma-khe-ROO o-TO el-mi-tse-RA-yim
- sentence
ve-ham-me-da-NIM ma-khe-ROO o-TO el-mi-tse-RA-yim le-fo-ti-FAR se-RIS pa-re-O SAR ha-ta-ba-KHIM
In context — Genesis 37:36
and the Medanites sold him to Egypt to Potiphar official of Pharaoh chief of the slaughterers
About this coordinate
Genesis 37:36:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 37:36, so the Hebrew word אֶל־מִצְרָ֑יִם (elmitserayim) 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 Gen.37.36.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.37.36.W4.S1) and character.