Caphtor is the land of the Biblical Caphtorim (Egyptian Keftiu, Mari Kaptara), said in Gen. 10 to descend from Ham's son Mizraim (Egypt). It has been etymologically linked to Cyprus while other suggestions identify it variously as Crete, and the nearby coasts of Anatolia. By some accounts, both Cyprus and Crete together were known as "the isles of the Caphtorim", and perhaps of significance is the fact that the earliest Minoan script used on Crete seems to have been hieroglyphics. The name is found written in hieroglyphics in the temple of Kom Ombo in Upper Egypt and possibly in the Egyptian tomb of Rekhmire. The Mari language (Mari: марий йылме, Russian марийский язык), spoken by more the 600,000 people, belongs to the Finno-Ugric language group and is part of the Volgaic subgroup of the Finnic languages together with Mordvin. ... Mizraim (Hebrew מצרים Mitzráyim or Miṣrāyim/Miṣráyim; Arabic Masari), literally meaning those from Izra (or Asar), is the name of a pre-resurrected Egyptian pharaoh god. ... Etymology is the study of the origins of words. ... Greece and Crete Crete, sometimes spelled Krete (Greek Κρήτη / Kriti; see also List of traditional Greek place names) is the largest of the Greek islands and the fifth largest in the Mediterranean Sea. ... Asia Minor lies east of the Bosporus, between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean. ... The Eteocretan (i. ... Hieroglyphs are a system of writing used by the Ancient Egyptians, using a combination of logographic, syllabic, and alphabetic elements. ... The double entrance to Kom Ombo Temple The Temple of Kom Ombo is an unusual double temple built during the Ptolemaic Period in the Egyptian town of Kom Ombo. ... Map of Upper and Lower Egypt Ancient Egypt was divided into two kingdoms, known as Upper and Lower Egypt. ...

The Caphtorim arrived in Philistia from Caphtor following a catastrophe that destroyed their homeland. Biblically, they are referred to as a remnant. The historic Philistines (see note Philistines below) were a people that inhabited the southern coast of Canaan around the time of the arrival of the Israelites, their territory being named Philistia in later contexts. ... The Bible (sometimes The Book, Good Book, Word of God, The Word, or Scripture), from Greek (τα) βιβλια, (ta) biblia, (the) books, is the classical name for the Hebrew Bible of Judaism or the combination of the Old Testament and New Testament of Christianity (The Bible therefore actually refers to at least...

In the Biblical tradition, peoples with cultural roots in Egypt populated the land where they developed a new identity and had even branched into the Gaza Strip as the Philistines by the time the Hebrews developed in Canaan under the biblical patriarch Abraham. Hebrews (syns. ... Canaan or Knáan (Arabic کنعان, Kanʻān, Hebrew כְּנַעַן / כְּנָעַן, Kənáʻan / Kənāʻan; Septuagint Greek Χανααν, Khanaan) is an ancient term for a region roughly corresponding to present-day Palestine,western Jordan, southern and coastal Syria and Lebanon continuing up until the border of modern Turkey. ... Abraham (אַבְרָהָם Father/Leader of many, Standard Hebrew Avraham, Latin Abrahamus, Tiberian Hebrew ʾAḇrāhām; Arabic ابراهيم Ibrāhīm) is the patriarch of Judaism, recognized by Christianity, and a very important prophet in Islam. ...

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References

• Deuteronomy 2:23
• Book of Jeremiah 47:4
• Book of Amos 9:7

Deuteronomy is the fifth book of the Hebrew Bible. ... For jer, an alternate spelling for the reduced vowels in Common Slavic, see yer. ... // Who wrote it? Amos was a prophet during the reign of Jeroboam ben Joash (Jeroboam II), ruler of Israel from 793 BCE to 753 BCE, and the reign of Uzziah, King of Judah, at a time when both kingdoms (Israel in the North and Judah in the South) were peaking...

External links

• Locating the Biblical Caphtor
• Who Were the Keftiu?