מִצְרִי
mits.ri
“Egyptian”
Definition
a Mitsrite, or inhabitant of Mitsrajim
from H4714 (מִצְרַיִם);
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun
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Occurrences
מִצְרִי appears 60 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
He also killed an Egyptian, a huge man five cubits tall. Although the Egyptian had a spear like a weaver’s beam in his hand, Benaiah went against him with a club, snatched the spear from his hand, and killed the Egyptian with his own spear.
The Egyptians—all Pharaoh’s horses and chariots, horsemen and troops—pursued the Israelites and overtook them as they camped by the sea near Pi-hahiroth, opposite Baal-zephon.
And now the cry of the Israelites has reached Me, and I have seen how severely the Egyptians are oppressing them.
and when the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife.’ Then they will kill me but will let you live.
you are to say, ‘Your servants have raised livestock ever since our youth—both we and our fathers.’ Then you will be allowed to settle in the land of Goshen, since all shepherds are detestable to the Egyptians.”
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