Original Language Studio
1 Chronicles 5:9
“And eastward he inhabited unto the entering in of the wilderness from the river Euphrates: because their cattle were multiplied in the land of Gilead.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
מִזְרָחmizrâch · miz-rawkh'
H4217 · Hebrew
H4217 · Hebrew
- Definition
- sunrise, i.e. the east
- Derivation
- from H2224 (זָרַח);
- KJV renderings
- east (side, -ward), (sun-) rising (of the sun).
- Grammar
- וְ — conjunction
- לַ — preposition with definite article
- מִּזְרָ֗ח — common noun, masculine, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 74 times in the Hebrew Bible.Exodus 27:13Exodus 38:13Numbers 2:3Numbers 3:38Numbers 21:11
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read מִזְרָח here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.