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Re: [b-hebrew] Mis(.)rayim

From: "Yitzhak Sapir" <yitzhaksapir AT gmail.com>
To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Mis(.)rayim
Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2007 14:48:50 +0000

On 3/22/07, Isaac Fried wrote:

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.

According to Antonio Loprieno, the Egyptian cognate of Semitic *h.mm,
"to become hot", is Egyptian h_mm, $mm, and was apparently articulated
as ç, a voiceless palatal fricative.

Yitzhak Sapir

Re: [b-hebrew] Mis(.)rayim, Isaac Fried, 03/22/2007
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    - Re: [b-hebrew] Mis(.)rayim, Harold Holmyard, 03/22/2007
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- Re: [b-hebrew] Mis(.)rayim, Awohili, 03/22/2007
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    - Re: [b-hebrew] Mis(.)rayim, Isaac Fried, 03/22/2007
      - Re: [b-hebrew] Mis(.)rayim, Yitzhak Sapir, 03/23/2007
- Re: [b-hebrew] Mis(.)rayim, Lewis Reich, 03/22/2007