McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Stream Of Egypt

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McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Stream Of Egypt


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( ðִçִì îַöְøִéַí , Nachal Mitsrayim; Sept. ῾Ñéíïêüñïõñá [pl.]; Vulg. torrens Egypti) occurs once in the A.V. instead of “the river of Egypt,” apparently to avoid tautology (Isa_27:12). It is the best translation of this doubtful name, for it expresses the sense of the Hebrew while retaining the vagueness it has, so long as we cannot decide whether it is applied to the Pelusian branch of the Nile or the stream of the Wady el Arish. SEE NILE; SEE RIVER OF EGYPT.