H4714. Mitsrayim

מִצְרַ֫יִם‎₆₈₁ proper name, of a territory and people, feminine^{Exodus 10:7}, masculine^12:33,

masculine plural^{Genesis 41:55} etc. (see below

2), Egypt, Egyptians (Phoenician מצרם‎; Assyrian Mªƒªr(u), Muƒru, Miƒir, Dl^{Par 308} Schr^{COT Glossary KGF 246 ff.}, Tel Amarna Miƒrî, Wkl^{TA 39 *} Bez^{BM 152, and} Mašrî Wkl^l.c.; Arabic Cairo, Egypt (Spiro): Minean Miƒru Hom^{A and A. (1892), 125}; see Eb^{ÄgM 71 ff.}; ᵐ5‎ Αιγυπτος; — derivatives and form dubious; יִַ֯ם‎ usually regarded as dual term. (Upper and Lower Egypt? compare Di^{Genesis 10:6}), but as locative ending EMey^{Geschichte. I, § 42} Ba^{NB p. 319 R. 5}; Jen^{ZA iv (1889), 268 ff.} thinks מִצְרַיִם‎ absolute formed by analogy of שָׁמַיִם מַיִם,‎ from Miƒrî (compare Tel Amarna); see further Wkl^{infra, 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 Che^{Hpt 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 Wkl^{Alttest. Unters. 171 f.} thinks of Assyrian Muƒri in North Syria. (On מִצְרַיִם‎ as often = Muƒri in North Arabia see Wkl^{Altor. Unters. i. 24 ff., ii. 195, iii. 289; iv. 337 f; MVG 1898, 1.4}).