מִצְרַ֫יִם 681 proper name, of a territory and people, feminineExodus 10:7,
masculineExodus 12:33,
masculine pluralGenesis 41:55 etc. (see below
2),
Egypt, Egyptians (Phoenician
מצרם; Assyrian
Mǔṣŭr(u), Muṣru, Miṣir, Dl
Par 308 Schr
COT Glossary KGF 246 ff., Tel Amarna
Mišrî, Wkl
TA 39 * Bez
BM 152, and Mašrî Wkl
l. c.; Arabic

Cairo, Egypt (Spiro): Minean
Miṣru Hom
A and A. (1892), 125; see Eb
ÄgM 71 ff.;
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
מַיִם,
שָׁמַיִם from
Miṣrî (compare Tel Amarna); see further Wkl
infra, near the end); —
מ׳ Genesis 13:1 +;
מִצְרָ֑יִם Genesis 37:36 +;
מִצְרַיְמָה Genesis 12:10 +
12 times,
מִצְרָ֑יְמָה Genesis 12:11 +
14 times; —
1.
a. of land,
Egypt Genesis 13:1 +
500 times, +, in all periods, including
אֶרֶץ מ׳ Genesis 13:10 + approximately +
220 times (of course feminine,
Genesis 47:6,
13);
אַדְמַת מ׳ the soil of Egypt †
Genesis 47:20,
26;
מֵימֵי מ׳ †
Exodus 7:19;
Exodus 8:2;
נְהַר מ׳ †
Genesis 15:18;
יְאֹר מ׳ †
Amos 8:8;
Amos 9:5;
יְאֹרֵי מ׳ †
Isaiah 7:18 (compare
מָצוֺר);
שִׁיחוֺר מ׳ †
1 Chronicles 13:5;
לְשׁוֺן יָםמֿ׳ †
Isaiah 11:15;
נַחַל מ׳ Joshua 15:4 +
6 times (see these various words); land as productive
Genesis 45:20;
Genesis 49:23, compare
שֵׁשׁ בְּרִקְמָה מִמּ׳ Ezekiel 27:7,
אֵטוּן מ׳ Proverbs 7:16; often ||
בּוּשׁ, especially in prophets and poetry
Isaiah 20:3,
4,
5;
Isaiah 45:14;
Ezekiel 30:4,
9 +; ||
אַשּׁוּר Hosea 11:11;
Hosea 12:1;
Isaiah 7:18;
Jeremiah 2:18 +; including Upper Egypt (
פַּתְרוֹם), as well as Lower,
Jeremiah 44:1, compare
Ezekiel 29:10;
Ezekiel 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:
2. of people:
b. =
Egypt (as a people),
Egyptians Genesis 41:56 + approximately +
134 times, including use = Egyptian Kingdom, empire, i.e. land and people as political power; so with verb
feminine singular אָֽבְדָה מ׳ Exodus 10:7, compare
Hosea 9:6; Joel 4:19 and (pronoun
feminine singular)
Ezekiel 30:18; with verb masculine singular
Exodus 12:33;
Exodus 14:25;
Isaiah 19:16,
23,
25;
Jeremiah 46:8; often with verb
masculine plural Genesis 41:55;
Isaiah 19:21,
23 +
22 times;
בִּנֵי מ׳ Ezekiel 16:26;
בְּתוּלַת בַּת מ׳ Jeremiah 46:11, compare
Jeremiah 46:19;
Jeremiah 46:24. — In
1 Kings 10:28 2 Chronicles 1:16,
17;
2 Kings 7:6 Wkl
Alttest. Unters. 171 f. thinks of Assyrian
Muṣri in North Syria. (On
מִצְרַיִם as often =
Muṣri in North Arabia see Wkl
Altor. Unters. i. 24 ff., ii. 195, iii. 289; iv. 337 f; MVG 1898, 1.4).
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