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To Am\u016bn of the temple of the gods; to the Ennead that is in Pi-Pta\u1e25; to Ba\u02c1alim, to \u1e32adesh, and to Anyt; (to) Ba<\/strong>\u02c1<\/strong>al Zephon<\/strong> (b<\/em>\u02c1<\/em>r-\u1e0f<\/em>\u021c<\/em>pn<\/em>), to Sopd.\r\n\r\nPapyrus Sallier IV<\/em> (vs. 1:6)<\/cite><\/blockquote>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe Hyksos who worshipped the storm god associated this god with the Egyptian storm god, Seth.\u00a0 The Egyptians continued to use this association after the Hyksos left Egypt.\u00a0 Given that the author of Papyrus Sallier IV <\/em>wrote the toponym Ba\u02c1al-Zephon with the Seth character; Baal in this toponym may be a reference to Seth.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe second element of the toponym, the word zephon<\/em>, means \u201cnorth\u201d in Semitic languages. However, Zephon by itself also appears as a toponym in Amarna Letter 274<\/em>, most likely as a name of a Levantine city. Thus, it is unclear whether zephon <\/em>in Baal-Zephon refers to a direction, yielding \u201cBaal of the North,\u201d or a place, \u201cBaal of (the city) Zephon.\u201d\r\n\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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