Lexical Summary Mitsrayim: a son of Ham, also his desc. and their country in N.W. Africa Original Word: מִצְרַיִםTransliteration: Mitsrayim Phonetic Spelling: (mits-rah'-yim) Part of Speech: proper name, of a territory and people, feminine; masculine; masculine plural Short Definition: a son of Ham, also his desc. and their country in N.W. Africa Meaning: Egypt -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their country in Northwest Africa Strong's Concordance Egypt, Egyptians, Mizraim Dual of matsowr; Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt -- Egypt, Egyptians, Mizraim. see HEBREW matsowr Brown-Driver-Briggs H4714. Mitsrayim מִצְרַ֫יִם681 proper name, of a territory and people, feminineExodus 10:7, masculine12:33, 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 שָׁמַיִם מַיִם, from Miƒrî (compare Tel Amarna); see further Wklinfra, near the end); — ׳מ 13:1 +; מִצְרָ֑יִם 37:36 +; מִצְרַיְמָה 12:10 12t., מִצְרָ֑יְמָה 12:11 14t.; — 1. a. of land, Egypt Genesis 13:1 500t., +, in all periods, including מ ׳אֶרֶץ 13:10 + approximately 220 t. (of course feminine, 47:6, 13); מ ׳אַדְמַת the soil of Egypt 47:20, 26; מ ׳מֵימֵי Exodus 7:19; 8:2; מ ׳נְהַר Genesis 15:18; מ ׳יְאֹר Amos 8:8; 9:5; מ ׳יְאֹרֵי Isaiah 7:18 (compare מָצוֺר); מ ׳שִׁיחוֺר 1 Chronicles 13:5; ׳יָםמֿ לְשׁוֺן Isaiah 11:15; מ ׳נַחַל Joshua 15:4 6t. (see these various words); land as productive Genesis 45:20; 49:23, compare מִמּ בְּרִקְמָה ׳שֵׁשׁ Ezekiel 27:7, מ ׳אֵטוּן Proverbs 7:16; often "" בּוּשׁ, especially in prophets and poetry Isaiah 20:3-4, 5; 45:14; Ezekiel 30:4, 9 +; "" אַשּׁוּר Hosea 11:11; 12:1; Isaiah 7:18; Jeremiah 2:18 +; including Upper Egypt (מַּתְרוֺם), as well as Lower, 44:1, compare Ezekiel 29:10; 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: מצרימ(הׅ יָדַד 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 מ ׳אָֽבְדָה Exodus 10:7, compare Hosea 9:6; Joel 4:19 and (pronoun feminine singular) Ezekiel 30:18; with verb masculine singular Exodus 12:33; 14:25; Isaiah 19:16, 23, 25; Jeremiah 46:8; often with verb masculine plural Genesis 41:55; Isaiah 19:21, 23 22t.; מ ׳בִּנֵי Ezekiel 16:26; מ בַּת ׳בְּתוּלַת Jeremiah 46:11, compare 46:19; 46:24. — In 1 Kings 10:28 2 Chronicles 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). |