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 _______________________________________________ b-hebrew mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew
