Lexical Definition

‎מִזְרָח‎ mizrâch (miz-rawkh') East (Gate) ^H:N-M
from ‎זָרַח‎

east (side, -ward), (sun-) rising (of the sun).

• sunrise, i.e. the east

1) place of sunrise, east
1a) sunrise, east (with 'sun')
1b) the east (without 'sun')
1b1) to or toward the place of sunrise
1b2) to the east, eastward

See Greek: ἀνατολή · ἥλιος

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎מִזְרָח‎ noun [masculine] place of sunrise, east — absolute ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Josh 11:3 + 21 t.; construct ‎מִזְרַח‎ Num 21:10 + 19 t., with ‎ה‎ locative ‎מִזְרָ֫חָה‎ Exod 27:13 + 28 t., construct ‎מִזְרְחָה‎ Deut 4:41; Josh 12:1; Judg 21:19 (not in Genesis Leviticus Samuel Ezekiel etc.); —

1. sunrise always of quarter of the heavens = east ‎(ה)שׁמשׁ‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Num 21:11 (P), Deut 4:41; Deut 4:47; Josh 1:15; Josh 12:1; Josh 13:5 (all D), Josh 19:12; Josh 19:27; Josh 19:34 (all P), Judg 20:43; Judg 21:19; 2Kgs 10:33; Isa 41:25; Isa 45:6; Isa 59:19, compare ‎שׁמשׁ לארץ‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Judg 11:18 ‎שׁמשׁ וְעַדמְֿבוֺאוֺ‎ ‎׳‎‎מִמִּז‎ Ps 50:1; Ps 113:3; Mal 1:11 more often

2. without ‎שֶׁמֶשׁ‎:
a. the east ‎׳‎‎כִּרְחֹק מ‎ ‎מִמַּעֲרָב֑‎ Ps 103:12.
b. ‎׳‎‎מִמּ‎ from the east Isa 41:2; Isa 43:5 (opposed to ‎מִמַּעֲרָב‎), Isa 46:11; Dan 11:44 (+ ‎מִצַּפוֺן‎); ‎׳‎‎מִמּ‎ ‎וּמִמַּעֲרָב֑ מִצָּפוֺן וּמִיָּם‎ Ps 107:3.
c. to or toward the place of sunrise, to the east, eastward: (1) ‎מִוְרָ֫חָה‎ Num 32:19 (P), Deut 3:17; Deut 3:27 (‎׳‎‎יָ֫מָּה וְצָפ֫וֺנָה וְתֵימָ֫נָה וּמ‎), Deut 4:49; Josh 11:8; Josh 16:1 (JE), Josh 12:1; Josh 12:3 (twice in verse); Josh 13:8 (all D), vJosh 13:27 vJosh 13:32; Josh 16:5; Josh 18:7; Josh 20:8 (all P), 1Chr 9:18; 1Chr 26:14 || ‎קֵ֫דְמָה‎ Num 3:38; Josh 19:13 (both P) Jer 31:40 || ‎צָפ֫וֺנָה‎, ‎יָ֫מָּה‎, ‎נֶ֫גְבָּה‎ 1Kgs 7:25, compare Josh 16:6 (P) 1Chr 26:17 + ‎קֵ֫דְמָה‎ Exod 27:13; Exod 38:13; Num 2:3; Num 34:15 (all P); ‎מִקֶּדֶם‎ Zech 14:4 (opposed to ‎יָ֫מָּה‎); (2) ‎מִזְ רָךְ‎ (without ‎ה‎ locative), ‎יָ֫מָּה צָפ֫וֺנָה וָנֶ֫גְבָּה‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ 1Chr 9:24, compare Neh 12:37 ‎לַמִּזְבֵּחַ‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ 2Chr 5:12 (3) ‎׳‎‎לַמִּז‎ 1Chr 5:9; 1Chr 7:28 (opposed to ‎לַמַּעֲרָב‎) 1Chr 12:16* (so Baer; v.1Chr 12:15* van d. H; opposed to id.), 1Chr 26:17 (+ ‎לַצָּפ֫וֺנָה‎, ‎לַנֶּ֫גְבָּה‎), Neh 3:26 ‎לַמִּזְרָ֫חָה‎ 2Chr 31:14 (4) ‎׳‎‎אֶלהַֿמּ‎ Dan 8:9 (+ ‎אֶלהַֿנֶּגֶב‎, ‎אֶלהַֿצֶּבִ֑י‎); (5) ‎מִיָּם עָדיָֿם וּמִצָּפוֺן עַדמִֿזְ רָךְ‎ Amos 8:12.
d. (on) the east side of, construct ‎קְצֵה מִזְרַה יְרִיחוֺ‎ Josh 4:19 (P); also with ‎לְמִזְרַח הַנָּ֑יְא לְ‎ 1Chr 4:39, ‎הַיַּרְדֵּן‎ ‎׳‎‎לְמ‎ 1Chr 6:63* with ‎מִן‎, ‎׳‎‎מִמִּז‎ Josh 11:3 (opposed to ‎מִיָּם‎) compare Josh 17:10 (+ ‎מצָּפוֺן‎; both J E), also Josh 16:6 (P).
e. after a construct ‎לגלעד‎ ‎׳‎‎עַלכָּֿלפְּֿנֵי מ‎ 1Chr 5:10 ‎׳‎‎רְחוֺב הַמּ‎ 2Chr 29:4 ‎׳‎‎שַׁעַר הַמּ‎ Neh 3:29 ‎׳‎‎אֶרֶץ מ‎ Zech 8:7 (opposed to ‎ארץ מְבוֺא‎ ‎הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ‎).

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