Strong's Concordance Mitsrayim: a son of Ham, also his desc. and their country in N.W. Africa Original Word: מִצְרָ֫יִםPart of Speech: proper name, of a territory and people, feminine; masculine; masculine plural Transliteration: Mitsrayim Phonetic Spelling: (mits-rah'-yim) Short Definition: Egypt Brown-Driver-Briggs מִצְרַ֫יִם681 proper name, of a territory and people, feminineExodus 10:7, masculineExodus 12:33, masculine pluralGenesis 41:55 etc. (see below 2), Egypt, Egyptians (Phoenician מצרם; Assyrian Mªƒªr(u), Muƒru, Miƒir, DlPar 308 SchrCOT Glossary KGF 246 ff., Tel Amarna Miƒrî, WklTA 39 * BezBM 152, and Mašrî Wkll.c.; Arabic Cairo, Egypt (Spiro): Minean Miƒru HomA and A. (1892), 125; see EbÄgM 71 ff.; ᵐ5 Αιγυπτος; — derivatives and form dubious; יִַ֯ם usually regarded as dual term. (Upper and Lower Egypt? compare DiGenesis 10:6), but as locative ending EMeyGeschichte. I, § 42 BaNB p. 319 R. 5; JenZA iv (1889), 268 ff. thinks מִצְרַיִם absolute formed by analogy of מַיִם, שָׁמַיִם from Miƒrî (compare Tel Amarna); see further Wklinfra, near the end); — ׳מ Genesis 13:1 +; מִצְרָ֑יִם Genesis 37:36 +; מִצְרַיְמָה Genesis 12:10 12t., מִצְרָ֑יְמָה Genesis 12:11 14t.; — 1. a. of land, Egypt Genesis 13:1 500t., +, in all periods, including ׳אֶרֶץ מ Genesis 13:10 + approximately 220 t. (of course feminine, Genesis 47:6,13); ׳אַדְמַת מ the soil of Egypt Genesis 47:20,26; ׳מֵימֵי מ Exodus 7:19; Exodus 8:2; ׳נְהַר מ Genesis 15:18; ׳יְאֹר מ Amos 8:8; Amos 9:5; ׳יְאֹרֵי מ Isaiah 7:18 (compare מָצוֺר); ׳שִׁיחוֺר מ 1 Chronicles 13:5; לְשׁוֺן ׳יָםמֿ Isaiah 11:15; ׳נַחַל מ Joshua 15:4 6t. (see these various words); land as productive Genesis 45:20; Genesis 49:23, compare ׳שֵׁשׁ בְּרִקְמָה מִמּ Ezekiel 27:7, ׳אֵטוּן מ Proverbs 7:16; often "" בּוּשׁ, especially in prophets and poetry Isaiah 20:3,4,5; Isaiah 45:14; Ezekiel 30:4,9 +; "" אַשּׁוּר Hosea 11:11; Hosea 12:1; Isaiah 7:18; Jeremiah 2:18 +; including Upper Egypt (מַּתְרוֺם), as well as Lower, Jeremiah 44:1, compare Ezekiel 29:10; Ezekiel 30:6; apparently distinguished from Upper Egypt Isaiah 11:11, and possibly also Jeremiah 44:15 (compare Gf Gie Buhl SS CheHpt Isaiah); but פתרוס etc. in these verses somewhat dubious (compare B. Du Gie). b. combinations are:-1׳מ as limit of motion: יָדַד מצרימ(הׅ 2. of people: a. in table of nations, personified as second son of Ham Genesis 10:6 = 1 Chronicles 1:8, compare Genesis 10:13 = 1 Chronicles 1:11. b. = Egypt (as a people), Egyptians Genesis 41:56 + approximately 134 t., including use = Egyptian Kingdom, empire, i.e. land and people as political power; so with verb feminine singular ׳אָֽבְדָה מ Exodus 10:7, compare Hosea 9:6; Joel 4:19 and (pronoun feminine singular) Ezekiel 30:18; with verb masculine singular Exodus 12:33; Exodus 14:25; Isaiah 19:16,23,25; Jeremiah 46:8; often with verb masculine plural Genesis 41:55; Isaiah 19:21,23 22t.; ׳בִּנֵי מ Ezekiel 16:26; ׳בְּתוּלַת בַּת מ Jeremiah 46:11, compare Jeremiah 46:19; Jeremiah 46:24. — In 1 Kings 10:28 2Chronicles 1:16,17; 2 Kings 7:6 WklAlttest. Unters. 171 f. thinks of Assyrian Muƒri in North Syria. (On מִצְרַיִם as often = Muƒri in North Arabia see WklAltor. Unters. i. 24 ff., ii. 195, iii. 289; iv. 337 f; MVG 1898, 1.4). Dual of matsowr; Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt -- Egypt, Egyptians, Mizraim. see HEBREW matsowr Englishman's Concordance Strong's Hebrew 4714614 Occurrences bə·miṣ·rā·yim — 42 Occ. lə·miṣ·ra·yim — 7 Occ. mim·miṣ·ra·yim — 90 Occ. miṣ·rā·yə·māh — 15 Occ. miṣ·ra·yim — 424 Occ. miṣ·ray·māh — 13 Occ. ū·lə·miṣ·ra·yim — 1 Occ. ū·mim·miṣ·ra·yim — 2 Occ. ū·miṣ·ra·yim — 9 Occ. ū·ḇə·miṣ·ra·yim — 1 Occ. ḇə·miṣ·ra·yim — 10 Occ. Genesis 10:6 HEB: חָ֑ם כּ֥וּשׁ וּמִצְרַ֖יִם וּפ֥וּט וּכְנָֽעַן׃ NAS: [were] Cush and Mizraim and Put KJV: Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, INT: of Ham Cush and Mizraim and Put and Canaan Genesis 10:13 Genesis 12:10 Genesis 12:11 Genesis 12:14 Genesis 13:1 Genesis 13:10 Genesis 15:18 Genesis 21:21 Genesis 25:18 Genesis 26:2 Genesis 37:25 Genesis 37:28 Genesis 37:36 Genesis 39:1 Genesis 40:1 Genesis 40:1 Genesis 40:5 Genesis 41:8 Genesis 41:19 Genesis 41:29 Genesis 41:30 Genesis 41:33 Genesis 41:34 Genesis 41:36 |