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Re: [b-hebrew] Micrayim vs Misr and Syria

From: JimStinehart AT aol.com
To: jesleake AT yahoo.co.uk, b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Micrayim vs Misr and Syria
Date: Wed, 1 May 2013 11:48:26 -0400 (EDT)

It may be interesting to note how the Canaanite word for “Egypt” appears in the Amarna Letters, in Akkadian-style cuneiform. Here is Amarna Letter EA 289: 34, from IR-Heba, the Hurrian princeling ruler of Jerusalem:

KUR mi-ic-ri.KI

[Notes: (i) KUR is “land”; c = ssade; KI is “place”.]

The three key consonants are MCR. The Hebrew rendering, of course, is MCRYM [for example at Genesis 12: 10].

Jim Stinehart

Evanston, Illinois

Re: [b-hebrew] Micrayim vs Misr and Syria, John Leake, 05/01/2013
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