מִזְרָח
mizrâch · miz-rawkh'
sunrise, i.e. the east
Lexicon
Derivation: from H2224 (זָרַח);
sunrise, i.e. the east
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: east (side, -ward), (sun-) rising (of the sun).
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- זZayin7
Picture: a weapon, mattock or sword
- Concrete
- weapon · cutting tool · plough
- Extended
- to cut · to harvest · to sustain by cutting · food
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › to cut, to sustain › the head, the highest › to separate and protect
Water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to cut, to sustain of the head, the highest that works to separate and protect.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מִזְרָח above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
74 occurrences · 74 OT · 0 NT · 39 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- eastward17 · 23%
- toward the sunrising10 · 14%
- on the east8 · 11%
- toward the east6 · 8%
- from the rising5 · 7%
- from the east4 · 5%
- on the east side3 · 4%
- toward the rising2 · 3%
- and eastward2 · 3%
- in the east1 · 1%
- by it on the east1 · 1%
- by the east side1 · 1%
- even unto the east side1 · 1%
- all the east1 · 1%
- thereof, and eastward1 · 1%
- both toward the east1 · 1%
- at the east end1 · 1%
- into the east1 · 1%
- of the east1 · 1%
- the east1 · 1%
- man from the east1 · 1%
- and toward the east1 · 1%
- out of the east1 · 1%
- even to the east1 · 1%
- thereof toward the east1 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.