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  • From: Yigal Levin <Yigal.Levin AT biu.ac.il>
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  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Akhnaton - END THREAD
  • Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2012 17:32:53 +0200

I agree. In fact, Jim and the rest, let's please put this thread to rest.

 

 

Yigal Levin

 

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From: b-hebrew-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:b-hebrew-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Isaac Fried
Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2012 5:28 PM
To: jimstinehart AT aol.com
Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Akhnaton

 

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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