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

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

Rootמצר (m-ṣ-r)
Core Meaningsnarrowness, confinement, siege, distress, restriction
Semantic RangeThe land of Egypt; the political power of Egypt; the Egyptian people; symbolically a place of bondage, oppression, or worldly reliance.
Conceptual SignificanceMitsrayim 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 NotesProper noun (HNp), masculine in form, with a dual ending -ַיִם. Though grammatically dual, it functions syntactically as a singular proper place name.
Rendering RationaleThe 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