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  • From: Uri Hurwitz <uhurwitz AT yahoo.com>
  • To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [b-hebrew] Micrayim vs Misr
  • Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2013 09:26:33 -0700 (PDT)

During the brief discussion here of the etymology
of the name Misr ( Egypt in Arab.), nobody seemed
to remember that in the Hebrew bible this name
  occurs only in the dual -Micrayim (or Mitzrayim).

Any theory about that? Is that a diachronic marker,
namely that the name was first used by Hebrew scribes,
when there was a division between upper and lower Egypt?
George, any opinion?

   Uri Hurwitz






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