From: Harold Holmyard <hholmyard3 AT earthlink.net>
To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Mis(.)rayim
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2007 09:42:39 -0500
Isaac Fried wrote:
OK, but what is then this Misr- part of Misrayim (as you prefer to
spell it)? Is it Hebrew? Is it meaningful? Is it ancient Egyptian?
Does it mean mistress?
HAL also mentions an Old Persian cognate:
"MudraĆya, Musra"