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Mizraim
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
or (Heb. Mitsra'yim, מַצְרִיַם , if of Heb. origin, meaning two mounds or fortresses, (See MAZOR), but the word is, perhaps, of foreign [Egyptian or even Arabic] derivation; Sept. Μεσραϊ v ν; but usually in all the versions, "Egypt" or "Egyptians"), the name by which the Hebrews generally designated Egypt, apparently' from its having been peopled by Mizraim, the second son of Ham (Genesis 10:6; Genesis 10:13). B.C. post 2513. (See ABEL- MIZRAIM). The name is in the dual form, double Egypt, and seems to have originally among the Hebrews at least, denoted lower and upper Egypt by zeugma, as we now say the two Sicilies, for Sicily and Naples (Genesis 45:20; Genesis 46:34; Genesis 47:6; Genesis 47:13). This origin appears to have been afterwards left out of view, and the dual form is sometimes so employed as not to include Pathros or Upper Egypt (Isaiah 11:11; Jeremiah 44:15). Some writers ineptly refer the dual form of Mizraim to the two parts of Egypt as divided by the Nile. Lower Egypt appears to have been designated by the name Mazor (2 Kings 19:24; Isaiah 37:25). The ancient Hebrew name Mizraim is still preserved in the abbreviated form Aluzr, the existing Arabic name of Egypt. (See EGYPT).
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Mizraim'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/m/mizraim.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
