KORASH
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| Pearl of Great Price PN | 1. | KORASH idolatrous god of (BofAbraham 1:6, facsimiles 1:4,8, 2:6) |
Cf. Ugaritic qrš, which seems to be part of a holy place where sacrificial offerings are made.[1]
Or hypothetical Hebrew *ke-roš “like a (human) head,” but in Seixas-style Sephardic pronunciation.
Or perhaps hypothetical Egyptian *kЗ-rs (pronounced ku-res or ku-ras) “spirit of the south” (in Hebrew transliteration in Isaiah 11:11 as -ros), reflecting its function as the canopic jar of the south (Egyptian ’Imśti, with human head in facsimiles 1:4, 8, and 2:6).
Cf. also http://tinyurl.com/kxfmzpc for Oded on the Edomite/Idumean god Qos, Qaus.
| South | Human | ʼImśti | KORASH |
| North | Baboon | Ḥpy | MAHMACKRAH |
| West | Jackal | Qbḥ-śnw.f | LIBNAH |
| East | Falcon | DwЗ-mwt.f | ELKENAH |
Variant Koash
Notes
- ↑ G. del Olmo Lete, Canaanite Religion, 2nd ed., 268 n91, citing Bordreuil & Caquot, Syria, 56 (1989):299; de Tarragon, TOu II:230 n250.
