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  • From: Harold Holmyard <hholmyard3 AT earthlink.net>
  • To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Mis(.)rayim
  • Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2007 09:42:39 -0500

Isaac Fried wrote:
OK, but what is then this Misr- part of Misrayim (as you prefer to spell it)? Is it Hebrew? Is it meaningful? Is it ancient Egyptian? Does it mean mistress?


HAL also mentions an Old Persian cognate: "MudraƓya, Musra"

Yours,
Harold Holmyard






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