Biblical Hebrew Forum

[K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>]

Yigal:

On Sun, Feb 8, 2009 at 8:09 PM, Yigal Levin <leviny1 AT mail.biu.ac.il> wrote:

> Dear Bryant,
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> I fail to see even the slightest connection to Hebrew language in this
> thread. So it will not be allwed to cary too far. From a historical point
> of
> view, it's adding speculation on top of speculation - what's the point?
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> Yigal Levin
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I can see the connection, though more as a definitional question.

In other contexts, the royal family ruling the country has been called by
the name of that country, even when ethnically they are not of the country.
So what Bryant is asking, is it within the context of the Hebrew language
that the Hyksos, the ruling class in Egypt, would be called "Egyptian" in
spite of the fact that they were asiatic Semites? I have wondered the same
question before myself.

The only problem I can see is that we have too little information to give a
definite answer to that question.

Karl W. Randolph.

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