Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Revdpickrel AT wmconnect.com]

> > a. Why do you identify Pithum with "Horizen of Atum" (El-Amarna)?
> 
Yigal,

I just looked in Holman Bible Dictionary under Pithum and here's what it 
says, "Egyptian place name Per-Atum meaning 'mansion or estate of Atum' (an 
Egyptian god)."  History has named it "Horizen of Atum" and that's found in 
the 
Congressional Library.  What is El-Amarna?

Doug Pickrel
Tejas Valley
San Antonio, TX