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  • From: Ratson Naharadama <yahoo-arch AT heplist.com>
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  • Subject: [b-hebrew] Re: Pharaoh Khepera'a in Jeremiah 44:30
  • Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 08:31:58 -0600

Karl asked:
=> Any idea who he was?
=> What other names did he go by?

Tricky question as Khepera would likely be an incomplete name and there are several Egyptian kings (pharaohs) who had Khepera (Ḫeper-Ri`a) as part of their name.

The Ḫeper part would mean "transform(s)/come-into-being" (such as the dung beatle egg transforming — seemingly out of dead material — as an adult beetle from the dung or dead creature it was laid in).

Ri`a is the deity Ri`a (usually transcribed as Ra or Re in English).

Usually there is at least one word either before the Ḫeper, or between Ḫeper and Ri`a
(
such as:
* Men-Ḫeper-Ri`a -- "strength of Ri`a transforms"
* `a'a-Ḫeper:u:-Ri`a -- "great are the manifestations of Ri`a"
or
* Ḫeper-Ka'a-Ri`a -- "transformed is the Ka'a of Ri`a"
).

As said before, there are many kings with this element in their name (particularly in the early New Kingdom, it seems).

--
Ratson Naharädama
Denver, Colorado




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