מצר

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Judeo-Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic مِصْرُ (miṣru).

Proper noun

מצר • (miṣru) m

  1. Egypt
    • c. 10th century, Saadia Gaon, Tafsir‎[1], Exodus 1:1:
      הדׄה אסמא בני אסראיל אלדאכׄלין אלי מצר מע יעקוב רגׄל ואלה דכׄלו׃
      hāḏihi ʾasmāʾu banī ʾisrāʾīla d-dāḵilīna ʾilā miṣra maʿa yaʿqūba rajulun waʾilluhu daḵalū.
      These are the names of the sons of Israel entering Egypt. With Jacob, man and his kin entered:
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