Original Language Studio
Jeremiah 46:8
“Egypt riseth up like a flood, and his waters are moved like the rivers; and he saith, I will go up, and will cover the earth; I will destroy the city and the inhabitants thereof.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H4714 · Hebrew
- Definition
- Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
- Derivation
- dual of H4693 (מָצוֹר);
- KJV renderings
- Egypt, Egyptians, Mizraim.
- Grammar
- מִצְרַ֨יִם֙ — proper noun
- Usage
- Occurs 635 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 10:6Genesis 10:13Genesis 12:10Genesis 12:11Genesis 12:14
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 מִצְרַיִם 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.