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Encyclopedia > Reshep

In north Semitic mythology, Resheph was a god of plague and war. He bore the head of a gazelle on his forehead and was an important member of the pantheon of Ugarit though not mentioned in Ugaritic mythological texts.


Resheph was identified or confused with the Babylonian death god Nergal and perhaps (this is disputed by scholars) associated like Nergal with the planet Mars. In Phoenician inscriptions he is called rshp gn 'Resheph of the Garden' and b`l chotz 'lord of the arrow'. Joint Phoenician-Hittite inscriptions refer to him as 'deer god' and 'gazelle god'.


Resheph become popular in Egypt during the 18th dynasty.


The name appears as a word in Classical Hebrew with the alternate meanings 'flame' and 'plague'.


It is speculated that the character of Resheph is connected both to the Greek Apollo and to the Vedic Rudra.


Other names

  • Rahshaf
  • Rasap
  • Rashap
  • Resep
  • Reshef
  • Reshep
  • Reshpu

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[b-hebrew] 1446 BCE Exodus ? Apiru/Habiru = Hebrew ? (712 words)
The history of the word "apiru", insofar as I know, is thus: Insofar as I know, it is first seen in Egyptian texts from the 13th Dynasty (ca.
There are mentioned the "Apiru Reshep", evidently a roster of slaves working on an Upper Egyptian estate, among their names being Menachem, Issachar, Asher and Shifra--names still used by Jews to this day.
And yet, clearly, the "Apiru Reshep" means "the servants of Reshep"--just as subsequent foreign names seen in Egyptian texts are always "Apr + deity"--one 18th Dynasty example being "Apr-el", a northern vizier.
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