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Headword:
Mesrem
Adler number: mu,674
Translated headword: Mizraim
Vetting Status: high
Translation: A proper name. He [born] out of Ham; hence too Mizraim, [meaning] Egypt, which is now called Misr.[1] And "quarters of Ham", [meaning] Egypt.[2] See under Egypt.[3]
Greek Original:Mesrem: onoma kurion. ho ek tou Cham; ex hou kai Mesrem, hê Aiguptos, hê nuni Meser onomazomenê. kai Cham skênômata, hê Aiguptos. kai zêtei en tôi Aiguptos.
Notes:
[1] Namely, the biblical figure Mizraim (
Genesis 10:6), son of Ham, and eponymous with Egypt, also called Mizraim in Hebrew. Miṣr ﺭﺻﻣ (Meser in the Suda) is the cognate Arabic name of Egypt; cf.
mu 652.
[2] See
chi 62: phrase used in
Psalm 77:51
LXX.
[3]
alphaiota 77.
Keywords: biography; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; geography; religion
Translated by: Nick Nicholas on 2 June 2009@20:56:00.
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