Lexical Summary So: an Eg. king Original Word: סוֹאTransliteration: So Phonetic Spelling: (so) Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine Short Definition: an Eg. king Meaning: so -- an Egyptian king Strong's Concordance So, an Egyptian kingOf foreign derivation; So, an Egyptian king -- So. Brown-Driver-Briggs H5471. So סוֺא proper name, masculine (ᵐ5 Ζηγωρ, A Ζωα, ᵐ5L Αδραμελεξ τὸν Αἰθίοπα τὸν κατοικοῦντα ἔ Αἰγύπτῳ (!); JosAnt. ix. 14, 1 Ζωαν; ᵑ9 Sua; all accusative), called מִצְרַיִם מֶלֶךְ 2 Kings 17:4, with whom Hoshea had intrigue; possibly= Šab-°-ê, or Sib-°-ê mentioned by Sargon (KBii.54.1.25.26 COTon the passage) as a ruler (apparently) under Pir°u king of Muƒuri; hence SchrCOT 1.c. proposes to read סֶוֶא, and, further, identify. Šab-°-ê = סֶוֶא with Šabaku, founder of 25th (Ethiop.) dynasty, compare WiedÄg. Geschichte. 583 f.; very uncertain is Wkl's conjecture of סוא = Sib-°-ê as General of king Pir°u of Muƒri in Northern Arabic (WklMVG 1898, 3 ff.). |
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