MIZRAIM mĭz’ rĭəm (מִצְרַ֖יִם). Normal Heb. term for Egypt.

In Genesis 10:6, 13, 14; 1 Chronicles 1:8, 11, 12, Mizraim (RSV “Egypt”) is included under Ham with Cush (Nubia), Put (in Libya) and Canaan, as the eponym of Egypt; Naphtuhim accordingly is prob. Lower Egypt (Kitchen, Faith and Thought, XCI [1960], 179, 180), while Pathros is Upper Egypt. The origin and meaning of Mizraim (attested in Ugaritic and Amarna Tablets, 14th cent. b.c.) is obscure. Spiegelberg derived it from Egyp. ímḏr, “fortification” (Recueil de Travaux, XXI [1899], 39-41), cf. Sem. maṩor. (See [http://biblegateway/wiki/Egypt, Land of EGYPT].)