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Mizraim
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'''Mizraim''' (
Hebrew language Hebrew מצרים ''Mitzráyim'' or '''Miṣrāyim'''/'''Miṣráyim'''; cf.
Arabic language Arabic مصر '''Miṣr''') is the
Hebrew language Hebrew name for the land of
Egypt, with the dual suffix ''-āyim'', perhaps referring to the "two Egypts":
Upper Egypt and
Lower Egypt.
Mizraim was the brother of
Cush who, together along with
Phut and
Canaan, made up the
Ham, son of Noah Hamite branch of
Noah's descendants. Mizraim's sons were
Ludim,
Anamim,
Lehabim,
Naphtuhim,
Pathrusim,
Casluhim (out of whom came the
Philistines), and
Caphtorim.
Some, who see similarities between the Egyptian god
Osiris Asar's name and story and those of the eastern
Asshur, say that this cannot be so, and instead suggest a possible
Mesopotamian origin for Mizraim, whose name they derive from ''Ma-Asar'' ("From Assur"). However, others think it more likely that Mizraim is a form of the word ''Misr'' meaning "land", and was translated literally into
Ancient Egyptian as ''Ta-Wy'' (the Two Lands) by early
pharaohs at
Thebes, Egypt Thebes, who later founded the
Middle Kingdom of Egypt Middle Kingdom.
It has been suggested in
New Age circles that, opposing assimilation into
Kush, a certain
Meskiagkasher left
Kish for the lands of his cousin Asshur where the
Uruk-
Nimrod dynasty was born, before moving with his followers "from Asshur" to establish his own land in the Nile valley.
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