--- title: מִזְרָח — place of sunrise · The Tanakh dictionary description: מִזְרָח (4217), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 74 times: place of sunrise. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4217.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [מ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1502-3.md)‎ / מִזְרָח‎ # מִזְרָח «מִזְרָח» in the Tanakh dictionary: **place of sunrise** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers. **Used:** 74 times · **Key:** 4217 · **BDB:** מִזְרָח ### Glosses eastward (26); east (18); rising (9) ### Meaning (OSHB) place of sunrise [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4217/#m1) **The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] place of sunrise, east—abs. מ׳ Jos 11:3 + 21 times; cstr. מִזְרַח Nu 21:10 + 19 times, c. ה loc. מִזְרָ֫חָה Ex 27:13 + 28 times, cstr. מִזְרְחָה Dt 4:41 Jos 12:1 Ju 21:19 (not in Gn Lv Sa Ez etc.);— sunrise, always of quarter of the heavens = east מ׳ (ה)שׁמשׁ Nu 21:11 (P), Dt 4:41, 47 Jos 1:15; 12:1; 13:5 (all D), 19:12, 27, 34 (all P), Ju 20:43; 21:19 2 K 10:33 Is 41:25; 45:6; 59:19, cf. מ׳ שׁמשׁ לארץ Ju 11:18; מִמִּז׳ שׁמשׁ וְעַד־מְבוֹאוֹ ψ 50:1; 113:3 Mal 1:11; more often without שֶׁמֶשׁ: the east בִּרְחֹק מ׳ מִמַּעֲרָ֑ב ψ 103:12. מִמּ׳ from the east Is 41:2; 43:5 (opp. מִמַּעֲרָב), 46:11 Dn 11:44 (+ מִצָּפוֹן); מִמּ׳ וּמִמַּעֲרָ֑ב מִצָּפוֹן וּמִיָּם ψ 107:3. to or toward the place of sunrise, to the east, eastward: (1) מִזְרָ֫חָה Nu 32:19 (P), Dt 3:17, 27 (יָ֫מָּה וְצָפ֫וֹנָה וְתֵימָ֫נָה וּמ׳), 4:49 Jos 11:8; 16:1 (JE), 12:1, 3(×2); 13:8 (all D), v 27, 32; 16:5; 18:7; 20:8 (all P), 1 Ch 9:18; 26:14; ‖ קֵ֫דְמָה Nu 3:38 Jos 19:13 (both P) Je 31:40; ‖ צָפ֫וֹנָה, יָ֫מָּה, נֶ֫גְבָּה 1 K 7:25, cf. Jos 16:6 (P) 1 Ch 26:17; + קֵ֫דְמָה Ex 27:13; 38:13 Nu 2:3; 34:15 (all P); מִקֶּדֶם Zc 14:4 (opp. יָ֫מָּה); (2) מִזְרָח (without ה loc.), מ׳ יָ֫מָּה צָפ֫וֹנָה וָנֶ֫גְבָּה 1 Ch 9:24, cf. Ne 12:37; מ׳ לַמִּזְבֵּחַ 2 Ch 5:12; (3) לַמִּז׳ 1 Ch 5:9; 7:28 (opp. לַמַּעֲרָב) 12:16 (so Baer; v 15 van d. H.; opp. id.), 26:17 (+ לַצָּפ֫וֹנָה, לַנֶּ֫גְבָּה), Ne 3:26; לַמִּזְרָ֫חָה 2 Ch 31:14; (4) אֶל־הַמּ׳ Dn 8:9 (+ אֶל־הַנֶּגֶב, אֶל־הַצֶּ֑בִי); (5) מִיָּם עָד־יָם וּמִצָּפוֹן עַד־מִזְרָח Am 8:12. (on) the east side of, cstr. קְצֵה מִזְרַח יְרִיחוֹ Jos 4:19 (P); also c. לְמִזְרַח הַגָּ֑יְא לְ 1 Ch 4:39, לְמ׳ הַיַּרְדֵּן 6:63; c. מִן, מִמִּז׳ Jos 11:3 (opp. מִיָּם) cf. 17:10 (+ מִצָּפוֹן; both JE), also 16:6 (P). after a cstr. עַל־כָּל־פְּנֵי מ׳ לגלעד 1 Ch 5:10; רְחוֹב הַמּ׳ 2 Ch 29:4; שַׁעַר הַמּ׳ Ne 3:29; אֶרֶץ מ׳ Zc 8:7 (opp. ארץ מְבוֹא הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ). Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 70 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «מִזְרָח» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4217/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Exodus 38:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.38.13/) וְלִפְאַ֛ת קֵ֥דְמָה מִזְרָ֖חָה חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים אַמָּֽה׃ *Word for word:* and for.\[the\] side of eastward eastward fifty cubit\[s\] *JPS 1917:* And for the east side eastward fifty cubits. [Psalms 113:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.113.3/) מִמִּזְרַח־שֶׁ֥מֶשׁ עַד־מְבוֹא֑וֹ מְ֝הֻלָּ֗ל שֵׁ֣ם יְהוָֽה׃ *Word for word:* from.\[the\] rising of.\[the\].sun to setting its \[is\].to.be.praised the.name of.Yahweh *JPS 1917:* From the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof the LORD'S name is to be praised. - ← previous: [מַזָּרוֹת](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4216.md) - next →: [מְזָרִים](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4215.md) - ↑ back to [מ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1502-3.md)