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Re: [b-hebrew] Ramases

From: MarianneLuban AT aol.com
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Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Ramases
Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2004 18:42:24 EDT

In a message dated 7/29/2004 12:54:50 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
wattswestmaas AT eircom.net writes:

> A quick question for the Egyptologists amongst you: Does Ramases mean
> anything in the Egyptian language?
>

I take it you are referring to the toponym in Exodus. The place referred to
there is "Pr Ramss Mryimn" (spelled with inly the consonants), the northern
capital and great city built by Ramesses II. So, the name comes from
Ramesses,
himself, which means "Ra fashioned him".

Marianne Luban

[b-hebrew] Ramases, wattswestmaas, 07/29/2004
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- Re: [b-hebrew] Ramases, Tony Costa, 07/29/2004
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- Re: [b-hebrew] Ramases, MarianneLuban, 07/29/2004
- Re: [b-hebrew] Ramases, MarianneLuban, 07/29/2004
  - Re: [b-hebrew] Ramases, Yigal Levin, 07/29/2004
    - Re: [b-hebrew] Ramases, Brian Roberts, 07/30/2004
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        Re: [b-hebrew] Moses, Jonathan D. Safren, 07/30/2004
        
        Re: [b-hebrew] Moses, Brian Roberts, 07/30/2004
  - Re: [b-hebrew] Ramases, Peter Kirk, 07/30/2004
- Re: [b-hebrew] Ramases, Karl Randolph, 07/29/2004
  - [b-hebrew] Moshe, Noam Eitan, 07/29/2004
- Re: [b-hebrew] Ramases, MarianneLuban, 07/30/2004