מִ/מִּצְרַ֔יִם

𐤌/𐤌𐤑𐤓𐤉𐤌

mimitserayim

from Egypt

dual of מָצוֹר; Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt; Egypt, Egyptians, Mizraim.

H4714

Numbers 21:5 · Word #7

Lexicon H4714

Lemmaמִצְרַיִם
Lemma (Paleo)𐤌𐤑𐤓𐤉𐤌
TransliterationMitsrayim
Strong'sH4714
In-contextfrom Egypt

Morphology HR/Np All morphology codes

Part of Speech N — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea
Subtype p — Proper Name — Proper name

SIBI-P1 H4714-03

from Mitsrayim (the Double-Narrow-Place)

Rootמצר (m-ṣ-r)
Core Meaningsnarrowness, constraint, confinement, strait, siege
Semantic RangeThe land of Egypt; the people of Egypt; symbolically a place of bondage, oppression, or confinement.
Conceptual SignificanceMitsrayim represents the archetypal "place of narrowness" from which YHWH delivers Israel in the Exodus narrative. It becomes a theological symbol of bondage, testing, and divine redemption, shaping Israel’s identity and covenant memory.
Morphological NotesPreposition מִן ("from") with assimilation (dagesh in מ) prefixed to a proper noun in dual form (־ַיִם). Proper noun, masculine, dual in form though functioning as a singular place name.
Rendering RationaleThe form consists of the preposition מִן ("from") prefixed to the proper noun מִצְרַיִם, a dual form derived from the root מצר, conveying narrowness or confinement. Rendering it as "from Mitsrayim (the Double-Narrow-Place)" preserves both the geographical identity and the dual form’s sense of "twofold narrowness," traditionally associated with Upper and Lower Egypt.

AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)

Words from Root מצר (narrowness, constraint, confinement, strait, siege)

SILEX Code Transliteration SIBI-P1
H4714-01 bemitserayim in the Twofold Narrow-Place (Mitsrayim)
H4713-01 hamitseri the Mitsrite man of the Narrow-Place
H4713-02 hamitserim the Mitsrite men

Word Usage (635 occurrences of H4714)

Location Form Transliteration Meaning
Genesis 10:6 וּ/מִצְרַ֖יִם umitserayim and Mizraim
Genesis 10:13 וּ/מִצְרַ֡יִם umitserayim And Mizraim
Genesis 12:10 מִצְרַ֨יְמָ/ה֙ mitserayemah to Egypt