Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>]

Harold,

May be, may be, Egyptian 'kem' is somehow related to the Hebrew (OK  
semitic) XAM, 'hot', which common wisdom claims to be the progenitor  
of XUM, 'dark brown---the color of hot ash and ember'. See Genesis  
30:40.

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On Mar 22, 2007, at 12:22 PM, Harold Holmyard wrote:

> Dear list,
>
> here is an interesting quote that rehashes some of
> wwhat has been said but gives another theory about
> Mis(.)rayim:
> http://www.geocities.com/wally_mo/why_egypt.html

> Yours,
> Harold Holmyard
>
>
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