Difference between revisions of "Abel-Mizraim"
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== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_71117" /> == | == Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_71117" /> == | ||
<p> <span> A'bel-mizra'im. </span> <span> (meadow of Egypt). </span> The name given by the [[Canaanites]] to the floor of Atad, at which Joseph, his brothers and the [[Egyptians]] made their mourning for Jacob. <span> [[Genesis]] 50:11 </span> . It was beyond (on the east of) Jordan. <span> [[See]] </span | <p> <span> A'bel-mizra'im. </span> <span> (meadow of Egypt). </span> The name given by the [[Canaanites]] to the floor of Atad, at which Joseph, his brothers and the [[Egyptians]] made their mourning for Jacob. <span> [[Genesis]] 50:11 </span> . It was beyond (on the east of) Jordan. <span> [[See]] </span> [[Atad]] <span> . </span> (Schaff and others say it was on the <span> west </span> bank, for the writer was on the east of Jordan. It was near Jericho, or perhaps Hebron). </p> | ||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_521" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_521" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> '''''ā´bel''''' -'''''miz´rā̇''''' -'''''im''''' ( <span> אבל מצרים </span> , <i> ''''''ābhēl micrayim''''' </i> , "meadow of Egypt"): A name given to "the threshing floor of Atad," [[East]] of the [[Jordan]] and [[North]] of the [[Dead]] Sea, because [[Joseph]] and his funeral party from [[Egypt]] there held their mourning over [[Jacob]] ( <span> [[Genesis]] 50:11 </span> ). The name is a pun. The [[Canaanite]] residents saw the <i> ''''''ēbhel''''' </i> , "the mourning," and therefore that place was called <i> ''''''ābhēl micrayim''''' </i> . </p> <p> It is remarkable that the funeral should have taken this circuitous route, instead of going directly from Egypt to Hebron. [[Possibly]] a reason may be found as we obtain additional details in [[Egyptian]] history. The explanations which consist in changing the text, or in substituting the North [[Arabian]] Mutsri for Mitsrayim, are unsatisfactory. </p> | ||
== Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_14860" /> == | == Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_14860" /> == | ||
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== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_17091" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_17091" /> == | ||
<p> (Heb.Abel' Mitsra'yim, <span> מַצְרִיַם </span> <span> אָבֵל </span> <span> , meadow of <span> ‘ </span> Egypt; </span> but which should probably be pointed <span> אֵבֶל </span> <span> מַצְרִיַם </span> , <span> E'bel Mistra'yim, mourning of </span> the <span> Egyptians, </span> as in the former part of the same verse: and so appear to have read the Sept. <span> πένθος </span> <span> Αἰγύπτου </span> , and Vulg. <span> Ploenctus Egypti), </span> a place beyond (i.e. on the west bank of) the Jordan, occupied (perhaps subsequently) by the threshing-floor of Atad. where the [[Egyptians]] performed their seven days' mourning ceremonies over the embalmed body of [[Jacob]] prior to interment ( <span> [[Genesis]] 1:1-31 </span> ; <span> Genesis 11:1-32 </span> ). (See | <p> (Heb.Abel' Mitsra'yim, <span> מַצְרִיַם </span> <span> אָבֵל </span> <span> , meadow of <span> ‘ </span> Egypt; </span> but which should probably be pointed <span> אֵבֶל </span> <span> מַצְרִיַם </span> , <span> E'bel Mistra'yim, mourning of </span> the <span> Egyptians, </span> as in the former part of the same verse: and so appear to have read the Sept. <span> πένθος </span> <span> Αἰγύπτου </span> , and Vulg. <span> Ploenctus Egypti), </span> a place beyond (i.e. on the west bank of) the Jordan, occupied (perhaps subsequently) by the threshing-floor of Atad. where the [[Egyptians]] performed their seven days' mourning ceremonies over the embalmed body of [[Jacob]] prior to interment ( <span> [[Genesis]] 1:1-31 </span> ; <span> Genesis 11:1-32 </span> ). (See [[Atad]]). [[Jerome]] <span> (Onomast. </span> [[Area]] Atad) places it between [[Jericho]] and the Jordan, at three [[Roman]] miles distance from the former and two from the latter, corresponding (Reland, <span> Paloese. </span> p. 522) to the later site of BETH-HOGLAH (See Beth- Hoglah) (q.v.). </p> | ||
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