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  • From: "Yitzhak Sapir" <yitzhaksapir AT gmail.com>
  • To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Kush - and Mis(.)rayim
  • Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2007 17:35:00 +0200

On 3/21/07, Uri Hurwitz wrote:


It is noteworthy that the biblical term for Egypt retains the dual:
Mis(.)rayim, reflecting a time when Egypt was known as a country
combining two parts, upper and lower.

Also interesting is that the Arabic term for the country, identical to
the biblical, occurs in the the singular: Mis(.)r, or Mas(.)r.

The following discussion in ANE-2 touches on the question of dual forms
in city names and toponyms:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ANE-2/msearch?query=%22dual+forms%22

Yitzhak Sapir




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