Mizraim
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Mizraim (; cf. ) is the Hebrew and Aramaic name for the land of Egypt and its people. thumb|Mizraim - king of Egypt
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Mizraim (; cf. ) is the Hebrew and Aramaic name for the land of Egypt and its people. thumb|Mizraim - king of Egypt
==Linguistic analysis== Mizraim is the Hebrew cognate of a common Semitic source word for the land now known as Egypt. It is similar to Miṣr in modern Arabic, Misri in the 14th century B.C. Akkadian Amarna tablets, Mṣrm in Ugaritic, Mizraim in Neo-Babylonian texts, and Mu-ṣur in neo-Assyrian Akkadian (as seen on the Rassam cylinder). To this root is appended the dual suffix -āyim, perhaps referring to the "two Egypts": Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt. This word is similar in pronunciation and spelling to the Hebrew words matsór and meitsár, meaning literally "siege" and "strait, distress" respectively, and may carry those connotations to Hebrew speakers.
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