Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Uri Hurwitz <uhurwitz AT yahoo.com>]

 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