מִמִּזְרָֽח׃

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 מִמִּזְרָֽח׃

   mim-miz-RAKH

   from the east
2. clause🔊 וּבְאָשֵׁר֙ יִפְגְּע֣וּן מִצָּפ֔וֹן וּבְיִשָּׂשכָ֖ר מִמִּזְרָֽח׃

   u-ve-a-SHER yif-ge-UN mits-tsa-FON u-ve-yi-sa-SKHAR mim-miz-RAKH

   and with Asher they meet from the north and with Issachar from the east
3. sentence🔊 נֶ֣גְבָּה לְאֶפְרַ֗יִם וְצָפ֙וֹנָה֙ לִמְנַשֶּׁ֔ה וַיְהִ֥י הַיָּ֖ם גְּבוּל֑וֹ וּבְאָשֵׁר֙ יִפְגְּע֣וּן מִצָּפ֔וֹן וּבְיִשָּׂשכָ֖ר מִמִּזְרָֽח׃

   NEG-bah le-ef-RA-yim ve-tsa-fo-NAH lim-na-SHEH va-ye-HI ha-YAM ge-vu-LO u-ve-a-SHER yif-ge-UN mits-tsa-FON u-ve-yi-sa-SKHAR mim-miz-RAKH

   to the south belonging to Ephraim and to the north belonging to Manasseh and was the sea its border and with Asher they meet from the north and with Issachar from the east

Exegesis

The clause ubəʾāšēr yipgə‘ûn miṣāp̄ōn {וּבְאָשֵׁר יִפְגְּע֣וּן מִצָּפ֔וֹן | ubəʾāšēr yipgə‘ûn miṣāp̄ōn} describes Asher’s meeting at the north using the Qal imperfect yipgə‘ûn ‘they will meet’, paralleled by ubəyiśśāškār mimmizrāḥ {וּבְיִשָּׂשכָ֖ר מִמִּזְרָֽח | ubəyiśśāškār mimmizrāḥ} for Issachar at the east. The paired directional adverbs and distributive imperfect emphasize spatial relationships at tribal borders in a standard boundary description pattern.

Root and etymology

z-r-ḥ🔊 ז־ר־ח

“east, sunrise”