Talk:Phinehas (disambiguation)

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Pinchas cannot be derived from "Mouth of Brass" because Pinchas ends with the Hebrew letter Samekh. To even be comprable to Pi N'choshet (which means mouth of brass), Pinchas would have to end with the letter Shin (or Sin), instead. Therefore, I'm removing the false etymological root.HKT 20:26, 11 May 2005 (UTC) P.S. I'll bet the Egyptian root is false, as well. The source is clearly unreliable (as are most self-proclaimed experts on Biblical etymology). In any event, there's no precedent that I'm aware of for tracing Biblical words to Egyptian roots (occasionally Aramaic, such as "man hu" and "y'gar sahadutha", but never Egyptian). Additionally, the Midrash explicitly details that the Children of Israel didn't adopt Egyptian names during their bondage in ancient Egypt. It's hard to believe that Pinchas, alive in the following generation, would have an Egyptian name. I move to remove the Egyptian etymology, as well.HKT 20:39, 11 May 2005 (UTC)

I got rid of the Egyptian root, too. HKT 20:17, 13 May 2005 (UTC)

Shouldn't there be two articles for two persons? Str1977 (smile back) 10:34, 25 July 2006 (UTC)