King James Bible
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STRONGS NUMBER H4217
Transliteration: mizrach
Phonetic Spelling: (miz-rawkh')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: place of sunrise, the east
Meaning: place of sunrise, the east
Word Summary
mizrach: place of sunrise, the east
Original Word: מִזְרָחTransliteration: mizrach
Phonetic Spelling: (miz-rawkh')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: place of sunrise, the east
Meaning: place of sunrise, the east
Strong's Concordance
east side, sunrise From zarach; sunrise, i.e. The east -- east (side, -ward), (sun-)rising (of the sun).
see HEBREW zarach
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H4217. mizrach
מִזְרָח noun [masculine] place of sunrise, east — absolute ׳מ Joshua 11:3 21t.; construct מִזְרַח Numbers 21:10 19t., with ה locative מִזְרָ֫חָה Exodus 27:13 28t., construct מִזְרְחָה Deuteronomy 4:41; Joshua 12:1; Judges 21:19 (not in Genesis Leviticus Samuel Ezekiel etc.); —
1 sunrise always of quarter of the heavens = east ׳מ (ה)שׁמשׁ Numbers 21:11 (P), Deuteronomy 4:41, 47; Joshua 1:15; 12:1; 13:5 (all D), 19:12, 27, 34 (all P), Judges 20:43; 21:19; 2 Kings 10:33; Isaiah 41:25; 45:6; 59:19, compare ׳מ לארץ שׁמשׁ Judges 11:18; ׳מִמִּז וְעַדמְֿבוֺאוֺ שׁמשׁ Psalm 50:1; 113:3; Malachi 1:11; more often
2 without שֶׁמֶשׁ:
a. the east מִמַּעֲרָב֑ מ ׳כִּרְחֹק Psalm 103:12.
b. ׳מִמּ from the east Isaiah 41:2; 43:5 (opposed to מִמַּעֲרָב), 46:11; Daniel 11:44 (+ מִצַּפוֺן); וּמִיָּם מִצָּפוֺן וּמִמַּעֲרָב֑ ׳מִמּ Psalm 107:3.
c. to or toward the place of sunrise, to the east, eastward:-1מִוְרָ֫חָה Numbers 32:19 (P), Deuteronomy 3:17, 27, 1 Chronicles 26:17 (+ לַנֶּ֫גְבָּה לַצָּפ֫וֺנָה,), Nehemiah 3:26; לַמִּזְרָ֫חָה2 Chronicles 31:14; (4) ׳אֶלהַֿמּ Daniel 8:9 (+ אֶלהַֿצֶּבִ֑י אֶלהַֿנֶּגֶב,); (5) רָךְ עַדמִֿזְ וּמִצָּפוֺן עָדיָֿם מִיָּם Amos 8:12.
d. (on) the east side of, construct יְרִיחוֺ מִזְרַה קְצֵה Joshua 4:19 (P); also with לְ הַנָּ֑יְא לְמִזְרַח 1 Chronicles 4:39, ׳לְמ הַיַּרְדֵּן 6:63; with ׳מִמִּז מִן, Joshua 11:3 (opposed to מִיָּם) compare 17:10 (+ מצָּפוֺן; both J E), also 16:6 (P).
e. after a construct מ ׳עַלכָּֿלמְּֿנֵי לגלעד 1 Chronicles 5:10; הַמּ ׳רְחוֺב2 Chronicles 29:4; הַמּ ׳שַׁעַר Nehemiah 3:29; מ ׳אֶרֶץ Zechariah 8:7 (opposed to הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ מְבוֺא ארץ).