Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Peter Kirk"<peter_kirk AT sil.org>]

As the vocalisation of Egyptian is unknown, I suppose Ian is within 
his rights to suggest a vocalisation of this name which nicely matches 
the Masoretic form of Genesis. But he should admit that that is what 
he is doing. Kitchen spells this name Shebitku and Rohl Shabataka.

Well, maybe the names are the same. What does that tell us? Maybe it 
was a common Cushite name, as in many cultures children are commonly 
named after the national patriarchs. (Do we have any evidence for or 
against that?) We know of several Israelites called Joseph (or 
Josephus) in the 1st century CE. Must we then identify the Joseph son 
of Israel well known from Genesis with the historian or one of his 
contemporaries? Of course not. But your argument comes down to the 
same thing.

Peter Kirk


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Subject: Re: Gilgamesh and Genesis
Author:  <mc2499 AT mclink.it> at Internet
Date:    22/01/2000 03:54

<snip>

How about the son of Cush called Sabteca, the name of that son of Kush, the 
Kushite king, Shabtaka (697 - 690 BCE)? (But I guess if a simple term like 
madai doesn't pass there's not much hope for this either.)


Cheers,


Ian


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