| 词条 | Brook of Egypt |
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The Brook of Egypt is the name used in some English translations of the Bible for the Hebrew Naḥal Mizraim ("River of Egypt") used for the river defining the westernmost border of the Land of Israel. Most scholars identify it with Wadi El-Arish.[1] A related phrase is Nahar Mizraim, used in Genesis 15:18. Traditional interpretation as the NileThe traditional Jewish understanding of the term Naḥal Mizraim is that it refers to the Nile. This view is made explicit in the Jerusalem Targum, the Targum Jonathan, the Targum Neofiti and the Fragment Targums (where in all cases the term is translated Nilus) as well as in the commentaries of Rashi and Rabbi Yehuda Halevi. Rashi explicitly states in his commentary on Joshua 13:3
Nevertheless, the term Naḥal Mizraim is only used when discussing the border of the Land of Israel whereas Ye'or is typically used for the main body of the Nile. This suggests that there is indeed some difference in meaning. According to Exodus 13:18-20 the locality from which the Israelites journeyed after departing Egypt was Sukkot. The name Sukkot means "palm huts" in Hebrew and was translated El-Arish in Arabic. It lies in the vicinity of El-Arish, the hometown of the Jewish commentator Saadia Gaon who identified Naḥal Mizraim with the wadi of El-Arish. Wadi El-ArishThe Septuagint translates Naḥal Mizraim in Isaiah 27:12 as Rhinocorura. Although in later Hebrew the term naḥal tended to be used for small rivers, in Biblical Hebrew, the word could be used for any flowing stream. According to Sara Japhet,
References1. ^{{cite book|author1=M. Patrick Graham|author2=William P. Brown|author3=Jeffrey K. Kuan|title=History and Interpretation: Essays in Honour of John H. Hayes|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QSxEe0BNg1cC&pg=PA204|date=1 November 1993|publisher=A&C Black|isbn=978-0-567-26995-9|page=204}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Brook Of Egypt}}2. ^Sara Japhet, [https://books.google.ca/books?id=orkzso0EH5UC&pg=PA42 From the Rivers of Babylon to the Highlands of Judah: Collected Studies on the Restoration Period.] Eisenbrauns, 2006 {{ISBN|157506121X}} p42 1 : Hebrew Bible rivers |
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