Numbers 21:11:10Num.21.11.W10TAB
מִמִּזְרַ֖ח
mimizrakh
“toward the east”
- Transliteration
- mi-miz-RAKH
- Extended
- mee-miz-RAKH
- IPA
- /mimizˈraħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- toward the east
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mi-miz-RAKH
- clause
va-ya-kha-NU be-i-YEI ha-a-va-RIM ba-mid-BAR a-SHER al-pe-NEI mo-AV mi-miz-RAKH ha-SHA-mesh
- sentence
va-yis-U me-o-VOT va-ya-kha-NU be-i-YEI ha-a-va-RIM ba-mid-BAR a-SHER al-pe-NEI mo-AV mi-miz-RAKH ha-SHA-mesh
Exegesis
Finally, the idiom mimmiz·raḥ ha·šāmeš {מִמִּזְרַ֖ח הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ | mimmiz·raḥ ha·šāmeš} ‘toward the sunrise’ combines “from the east” with “the sun” to indicate orientation. This clause sequence underscores movement, place-naming practices, and boundary delineation in the wilderness journey.
Root and etymology
Rootzayin resh het
“sunrise, east”
In context — Numbers 21:11
And they set out from Oboth and camped at Iye-ha-Abarim in the wilderness that overlooks Moab, toward the east .
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:11:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Numbers 21:11, so the Hebrew word מִמִּזְרַ֖ח (mimizrakh) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Num.21.11.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.11.W10.S1) and character.