#also it seems i was wrong to assume that صر meant a similar thing as צר. so weird when different languages are different
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mitzrayim is such a good place name it's so symbolically resonant
#also its kinda funny to me that in arabic its called مصر (miSr) like ppl call their own country That Narrow Place#idk what the etymology of it is though like does the word itself come from the torah and so it was adapted into arabic? why#but it wld b actually insane if the word came from before the torah from an older semitic language that hebrew and arabic r descended from#like we just lucked out with it meaning something deep wrt yetziyas mitzrayim#hang on i just remembered google exists#txt#huh according to wikipedia the word's hebrew meaning does in fact seem like a coincidence. neat#also it seems i was wrong to assume that صر meant a similar thing as צר. so weird when different languages are different
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