Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Arnaud Fournet" <fournet.arnaud AT wanadoo.fr>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <JimStinehart AT aol.com>
To: <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2010 4:13 PM
Subject: [b-hebrew] Goshen


Jim wrote
We can use linguistics, regarding the language used to describe Joseph’s
movements in Egypt, to help confirm that Biblical “Goshen” in the 
Patriarchal
narratives may be Egyptian nome 14:  Qis/Kis, in central Egypt.
[...]
Jim Stinehart
***

In my humble opinion, it is near doubtless impossible that Goshen could be 
this place in Egypt.

It is clearly written Q S with an emphatic Qoph.
In addition Latin, Greek and Arabic are coherent with the first vowel being 
a long /u:/ and the next /a/.

So it sounded something like /Qu:sa/

In addition Arabic has emphatic s, but this does not appear in Egyptian /s/.

So not a single letter matches.

Stay well.

Arnaud Fournet