Lexical Definition

‎מִצְרִי‎ Mitsrîy (mits-ree') Egyptian ^N:N--LG
from ‎מִצְרַיִם‎

Egyptian, of Egypt.

• § Egyptian = see Egypte "double straits"
• a Mitsrite, or inhabitant of Mitsrajim

1) Egyptian-an inhabitant or citizen of Egypt
1a) an Egyptian
1b) the Egyptian

Extended Information

group of: מִצְרַיִם

• Group of mits.ra.yim (‎מ‎ִ‎צ‎ְ‎ר‎ַ֫‎י‎ִ‎ם‎ "Egypt" מִצְרַיִם)
• an Egyptian

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎מִצְרִי‎ adjective, of a people Egyptian; — masculine singular ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Gen 39:1 + 16 t.; feminine singular ‎מִעְרִית‎ Gen 16:1 + 3 t.; masculine plural ‎מִצְרִים‎ Gen 12:12 + 5 t.; feminine plural ‎מִצְרִיֹּת‎ Exod 1:19 —

1. adjective ‎׳‎‎אִישׁ מ‎ = an Egyptian Gen 39:1; Exod 2:11; Exod 2:19; Lev 24:10; 1Sam 30:11; 2Sam 23:30 ‎׳‎‎הָאִישׁ הַמּ‎ 1Chr 11:23 ‎׳‎‎נָעָר מ‎ 1Sam 30:13, ‎׳‎‎עֶבֶד מ‎ 1Chr 2:34 ‎שִׁפְחָה מִצְרִית‎ Gen 16:1, ‎כַּנָּשִׁים הַמִּצְרִיֹּת‎ Exod 1:19.

2. with article = substantive the Egyptian Gen 39:2; Gen 39:5; Exod 2:12; Exod 2:14; 2Sam 23:30 (twice in verse); 1Chr 11:23 (twice in verse); so once without article ‎מִצְרִי‎ Deut 23:8* ‎הַמִּצְרִי‎ once (late) collective= the Egyptians Ezra 9:1 (where with Canaanitish peoples); plural = the Egyptians, ‎הַמִּצְרִים‎ Gen 12:12; Gen 12:14; Gen 43:22; Deut 26:6; Josh 24:7 feminine singular ‎הָגָּר הַמִּצְרִית‎ Hagar the Egyptian woman Gen 16:3; Gen 21:9; Gen 25:12.

[‎מְצֻרָה‎] see [ ‎מְצוּרָה‎] below I. ‎צור‎. ‎מַצְרֵף‎ vide ‎צרף‎. [‎מַצֻּת‎] see ‎מַצּוּת‎ below ‎נצה‎. ‎מַק‎, ‎מָק‎ see ‎מקק‎. I, II. ‎מַקֶּ֫בֶת‎ see ‎נקב‎.

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