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  • From: "Arnaud Fournet" <fournet.arnaud AT wanadoo.fr>
  • To: "Yigal Levin" <leviny1 AT mail.biu.ac.il>, <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Pharaoh Khepera'a in Jeremiah 44:30
  • Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2010 05:05:55 +0200


----- Original Message ----- From: "Yigal Levin" <leviny1 AT mail.biu.ac.il>
To: <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Saturday, July 24, 2010 9:43 PM
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Pharaoh Khepera'a in Jeremiah 44:30


"Conventional wisdom" is that "Hophra" in Jer. 44:33 is the same as the king
that the Greek historians call Apries, 4th king of the 26th dynasty, who
ruled from 589 to 570 BCE. The form "Khepera" is not the name of a king, but
rather a title of the sun god Re, actually referring to the sacred dung
beetle. But if you or anyone else think that "Hophra" should be identified
with someone else, I'm sure that we would all be happy to hear your
evidence.

Yigal Levin
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My objection is not about Hophra being the same as Apries. I have no opinion about that.

I have a problem with Khepera being compared with Hophra.
The pronunciation kh_p_r is archaic Egyptian. Coptic is palatalized sh_p
Archaic *khapar > Coptic shop
Phonetically something is wrong.

Arnaud Fournet






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