Re: Mitzrayim (was: New To List)

> That would make /m-/ a nominal prefix in Hebrew.  I've only learnt that
that
> far in Arabic, and haven't got anywhere near that in Aramaic/Syriac.  Does
it
> give that meaning in Ancient Egyptian?
>
> Wesley Parish
Yes. m-(usually plus the vowel from which we got the word schwa) means
"from,"
and makes the word ablitive, if you consider Hebrew to have cases.

Jake