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  • From: Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>
  • To: jimstinehart AT aol.com
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Akhnaton
  • Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2012 10:27:52 -0500

Better to leave out the purported Egyptian. 

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On Nov 25, 2012, at 9:38 AM, jimstinehart AT aol.com wrote:

But consider now the name that pharaoh Akhenaten used most frequently:  wa-n-ra.  wa means “one” and implies “the one and only”.  -n- is merely an all-purpose connector.  ra is the Egyptian god Ra. 




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