Genesis 50:11:11Gen.50.11.W11PAT
לְמִצְרָ֑יִם
lemitsrayim
“for Egypt”
- Transliteration
- le-mits-RA-yim
- Extended
- leh-mihts-RAA-yeem
- IPA
- /lə.mits.ˈraː.jim/
Meaning by language
- English
- for Egypt
- French
- pour l'Égypte
- Spanish
- para Egipto
- Portuguese
- para o Egito
- German
- für Ägypten
- Russian
- для Египта
- Arabic-Simplified
- لِمِصْرَ
- Hindi
- मिस्र के लिये
- Chinese-Simplified
- 给埃及
- Korean
- 이집트를 위한
- Indonesian
- bagi Mesir
- Bengali
- মিসরের জন্য
- Tagalog
- para sa Egipto
- Swahili
- kwa Misri
- Amharic
- ለግብፅ
- Yoruba
- fún Ijipti
- Igbo
- maka Ijipt
- Twi
- ma Misraim
- Ewe
- na Mitsraim
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
le-mits-RA-yim
- clause
va-YAR yo-SHEV ha-A-rets hak-ke-na-a-NI et-ha-E-vel be-GO-ren ha-a-TAD va-yom-RU E-vel-ka-VED ZE le-mits-RA-yim
- sentence
va-YAR yo-SHEV ha-A-rets hak-ke-na-a-NI et-ha-E-vel be-GO-ren ha-a-TAD va-yom-RU E-vel-ka-VED ZE le-mits-RA-yim al-KEN ka-RA she-MAH a-VEL mits-RA-yim a-SHER be-E-ver ha-yar-DEN
In context — Genesis 50:11
and saw the inhabitant of the land the Canaanite the mourning at the threshing floor of Atad and they said a heavy mourning this for Egypt therefore he called its name Abel Mizraim which beyond the Jordan
About this coordinate
Genesis 50:11:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Genesis 50:11, so the Hebrew word לְמִצְרָ֑יִם (lemitsrayim) 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.50.11.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.50.11.W11.S1) and character.