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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Tukuler: [QB] Originally posted 27 January 2005 [list] [*]The Hebrew word [i]Kush[/i] derives from the AEL word [i]Kesh[/i] which which in turn comes from the word [b][i]QEVS[/i][/b]. Hansberry (1977) say, after Sayce and Griffith of Oxford based on an inscription, the people under question themselves used [i]Qevs[/i] as the original indigenous designation of their own country. Unfortunately [b]William Leo Hansberry[/b] died before he could publish that information in [i]Africa & Africans[/i] himself and the published book's editor, Joseph Harris, occluded footnotes. However I did find this in the biblio: [b]Griffith, F. L.[/b] [i]Meroitic Studies III and IV Journal of Egyptian Archeaology v4[/i] London, 1917 pp. 21-24, 159-173 The precise info can be retrieved via interlibrary loan at a university. The northern part of [i]QEVS[/i] they called [i][b]Keneset[/b][/i] while the southern area to clear past the 6th cataract they called [i][b]Alu[/b][/i]. One of the northern divisions was known as [b][i]Athiye[/b][/i] whence [i]Aethiopia[/i], and one of the southern divisions was [b][i]Yesbe[/i][/b]. Hansberry knew more than 100 native [i]QEVS[/i] words for their towns and cities and neighboring inhabitations including designations that covered wide stretches of land and diverse groups of people but he didn't get to publish them. He does tell us that [i]Meroe[/i] is from the [i]QEVS[/i] word for the city [b][i]Merheu[/i][/b]. [/list] [/QB][/QUOTE]
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