Brown-Driver-Briggs 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 (ה)שׁמשׁ ׳מ Numbers 21:11 (P), Deuteronomy 4:41,47; Joshua 1:15; Joshua 12:1; Joshua 13:5 (all D), Joshua 19:12,27,34 (all P), Judges 20:43; Judges 21:19; 2 Kings 10:33; Isaiah 41:25; Isaiah 45:6; Isaiah 59:19, compare שׁמשׁ לארץ ׳מ Judges 11:18; שׁמשׁ וְעַדמְֿבוֺאוֺ ׳מִמִּז Psalm 50:1; Psalm 113:3; Malachi 1:11; more often 2 without שֶׁמֶשׁ: a. the east ׳כִּרְחֹק מ מִמַּעֲרָב֑ Psalm 103:12. b. ׳מִמּ from the east Isaiah 41:2; Isaiah 43:5 (opposed to מִמַּעֲרָב), Isaiah 46:11; Daniel 11:44 (+ מִצַּפוֺן); ׳מִמּ וּמִמַּעֲרָב֑ מִצָּפוֺן וּמִיָּם 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 (+ לַצָּפ֫וֺנָה, לַנֶּ֫גְבָּה), Nehemiah 3:26; לַמִּזְרָ֫חָה2Chronicles 31:14; (4) ׳אֶלהַֿמּ Daniel 8:9 (+ אֶלהַֿנֶּגֶב, אֶלהַֿצֶּבִ֑י); (5) מִיָּם עָדיָֿם וּמִצָּפוֺן עַדמִֿזְ רָךְ Amos 8:12. d. (on) the east side of, construct קְצֵה מִזְרַה יְרִיחוֺ Joshua 4:19 (P); also with לְמִזְרַח הַנָּ֑יְא לְ 1 Chronicles 4:39, הַיַּרְדֵּן ׳לְמ 1 Chronicles 6:63; with מִן, ׳מִמִּז Joshua 11:3 (opposed to מִיָּם) compare Joshua 17:10 (+ מצָּפוֺן; both J E), also Joshua 16:6 (P). e. after a construct לגלעד ׳עַלכָּֿלמְּֿנֵי מ 1 Chronicles 5:10; ׳רְחוֺב הַמּ2Chronicles 29:4; ׳שַׁעַר הַמּ Nehemiah 3:29; ׳אֶרֶץ מ Zechariah 8:7 (opposed to ארץ מְבוֺא הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ). |
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