מִצְרָֽיִם
𐤌𐤑𐤓𐤉𐤌
mitserayim
of Egypt
dual of מָצוֹר; Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt; Egypt, Egyptians, Mizraim.
H4714
Proverbs 7:16 · Word #6
Lexicon H4714
| Lemma | מִצְרַיִם |
| Lemma (Paleo) | 𐤌𐤑𐤓𐤉𐤌 |
| Transliteration | Mitsrayim |
| Strong's | H4714 |
| In-context | of Egypt |
Morphology HNp
All morphology codes
| Part of Speech | N — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea |
| Subtype | p — Proper Name — Proper name |
SIBI-P1 H4714-05
Mitsrayim (the Double Narrow-Place)
| Root | מצר (m-ṣ-r) |
| Core Meanings | narrowness, confinement, siege, distress, restriction |
| Semantic Range | The land of Egypt; the political power of Egypt; the Egyptian people; symbolically a place of bondage, oppression, or worldly reliance. |
| Conceptual Significance | Mitsrayim represents Israel’s house of bondage and the archetypal place of oppression from which YHWH delivers His people. Its root sense of "narrowness" or "confinement" deepens the theological motif of divine liberation from constriction into covenantal freedom. |
| Morphological Notes | Proper noun (HNp), masculine in form, with a dual ending -ַיִם. Though grammatically dual, it functions syntactically as a singular proper place name. |
| Rendering Rationale | The name מִצְרַיִם is morphologically dual (ending -ַיִם), traditionally understood as referring to Upper and Lower Egypt. Deriving from the root מצר, meaning "narrowness" or "confinement," the rendering "Double Narrow-Place" preserves both the dual grammatical form and the root sense of constriction or siege embedded in the name. |
AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)
Words from Root מצר (narrowness, confinement, siege, distress, restriction)
| 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 |
H4713-03 |
hamitserit | the Mitsrite-woman |
H4714-02 |
lemitserayim | to Mitsrayim (the Double-Straits) |
H4714-03 |
mimitserayim | from Mitsrayim (the Double-Narrow-Place) |
H4714-04 |
mitserayemah | toward Mitsrayim (the Double-Straits) |
H4713-04 |
mitseri | a Mitsrite man |
H4714-06 |
ulemitserayim | and to Mitsrayim (the Double-Constraint) |
H4714-07 |
umimitserayim | and from Mitsrayim (the Double-Constraint Land) |
H4714-08 |
umitserayim | and Mitsrayim (the Twofold Narrow Place) |
H4714-09 |
uvemitserayim | and in Mitsrayim (the Double-Straits) |
H4714-10 |
vemitserayim | in the Two-Straits (Mitsrayim) |
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 |