פתרוס

From Egiptian pꜣ-tꜣ-rsj, "the southern land". Cogante with Akkadian 𒉺𒌓𒊑𒋛 (Paturisi).

• (Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /paθˈroːs/

פַּתְרוֹס • (paṯrōs)

1. Upper Egypt
   • Tanach, Isaiah 11:11:

     וְהָיָה בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא יוֹסִיף אֲדֹנָי שֵׁנִית יָדוֹ לִקְנוֹת אֶת שְׁאָר עַמּוֹ אֲשֶׁר יִשָּׁאֵר מֵאַשּׁוּר וּמִמִּצְרַיִם וּמִפַּתְרוֹס וּמִכּוּשׁ וּמֵעֵילָם וּמִשִּׁנְעָר וּמֵחֲמָת וּמֵאִיֵּי הַיָּם.

     And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.

   • Tanach, Jeremiah 44:1:

     הַדָּבָר אֲשֶׁר הָיָה אֶל יִרְמְיָהוּ אֶל כָּל הַיְּהוּדִים הַיֹּשְׁבִים בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם הַיֹּשְׁבִים בְּמִגְדֹּל וּבְתַחְפַּנְחֵס וּבְנֹף וּבְאֶרֶץ פַּתְרוֹס לֵאמֹר:

     The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews which dwell in the land of Egypt, which dwell at Migdol, and at Tahpanhes, and at Noph, and in the country of Pathros, saying:

• פַּתְרֻסִים (patrusīm)

• Aḥituv, Shmuel (1971). Encyclopaedia Biblica vol. VI, Instituti Bialik, p. 642