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ナイル川

説明

北アフリカの川、エジプトの大河。旧約聖書でナイル川を指す名前は、ヘブライ語で「イェオール」、エジプト語で「アウル」、以前は「アトゥル」と呼ばれ、通常「川」と訳され、時には「運河」とも訳されます。

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Nile

dark; blue, not found in Scripture, but frequently referred to in the Old Testament under the name of Sihor, i.e., "the black stream" (Isa 23:3; Jer 2:18) or simply "the river" (Gen 41:1; Ex 1:22), etc., and the "flood of Egypt" (Amos 8:8). It consists of two rivers, the White Nile, which takes its rise in the Victoria Nyanza, and the Blue Nile, which rises in the Abyssinian Mountains. These unite at the town of Khartoum, whence it pursues its course for 1,800 miles, and falls into the Mediterranean through its two branches, into which it is divided a few miles north of Cairo, the Rosetta and the Damietta branch. (See EGYPT)

EBD - Easton's Bible Dictionary