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

Result
לְ + מִצְ + רָ֑ + יִם
le + mits + ra + yim
lemitsrayim

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Memm as in mother
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Tsadets as in cats
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Qametslong 'ah'
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    le-mits-RA-yim

  2. 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

  3. 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 contextGenesis 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.