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מצר

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Arabic

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Proper noun

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מצר (transliteration neededm

  1. Judeo-Arabic spelling of مِصْر (miṣr, Egypt)‎‎
    • c. 10th century, Saadia Gaon, Tafsir[1], Exodus 1:1:
      הדׄה אסמא בני אסראיל אלדאכׄלין אלי מצר מע יעקוב רגׄל ואלה דכׄלו׃
      hāḏihi ʔasmāʔu banī ʔisrāʔīla d-dāḵilīna ʔilā miṣra maʕa yaʕqūba rajulun waʔilluhu daḵalū.
      These are the names of the sons of Israel entering Egypt. With Jacob, man and his kin entered:

Hebrew

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Noun

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מֵצַר (metsárm

  1. defective spelling of מיצר