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Strong's #4217 - מִזְרָח
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- place of sunrise, east
- sunrise, east (with ´sun´)
- the east (without ´sun´)
- to or toward the place of sunrise
- to the east, eastward
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2135) hrz (זרהה ZRHh) AC: Rise CO: Dawn AB: ?: The rising of the sun in the eastern horizon. [from: hr- The perscribed path of the sun]
V) hrz (זרהה ZRHh) - Rise: KJV (18): (vf: Paal) arise, rise, shine, up - Strongs: H2224 (זָרַח)
Nm) hrz (זרהה ZRHh) - Dawn: The early morning rising of the sun. KJV (1): rising - Strongs: H2225 (זֶרַח)
hm) hrzm (מזרהה MZRHh) - East: The place of the rising sun. KJV (74): east, eastward, sunrising - Strongs: H4217 (מִזְרָח)
nm) hrza (אזרהה AZRHh) - Native: [Unknown connection to root;] KJV (18): born, country, land, homeborn, nation, bay - Strongs: H249 (אֶזְרָח)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
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); ׳מִמּוּמִמַּעֲרָב֑ 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; לַמִּזְרָ֫חָה 2 Chronicles 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 הַמּ 2 Chronicles 29:4; ׳שַׁעַר הַמּ Nehemiah 3:29; ׳אֶרֶץ מ Zechariah 8:7 (opposed to ארץ מְבוֺאהַשֶּׁמֶשׁ).
מִזְרָח (from the root זָרַח), the rising of the sun; always however used of the east, Psalms 103:12 מִזְרַח יְרִיחוֹ to the east of Jericho, Joshua 4:19. Towards the east is מִזְרָח (acc.) Nehemiah 12:37 מִזְרַח שֶׁמֶשׁ Deuteronomy 4:47 מִזְרָחָה Exodus 27:13, and מִזְרְחָה שֶׁמֶשׁ Deuteronomy 4:41.