Pharao

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Pharao m (strong, genitive Pharaos, plural Pharaonen, feminine Pharaonin)

1. pharaoh

• “Pharao” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Pharao (Kartenspiel, Spiel)” in Duden online
• “Pharao (König, Titel)” in Duden online

Borrowed from Koine Greek Φαραώ (Pharaṓ), borrowed from Biblical Hebrew פַּרְעֹה, borrowed from Egyptian pr-ꜥꜣ, from pr + ꜥꜣ.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpʰa.ra.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈfaː.ra.o]

Pharaō m (genitive Pharaōnis); third declension

1. (Late Latin) Pharaoh
   • c. 600 CE – 625 CE, Isidorus Hispalensis, Etymologiae 7.6.46:

     Dēnique Mōȳsē interpretātur sūmptus ex aquā. Invēnit eum ad rīpam flūminis expositum fīlia Pharaōnis, quem colligēns adoptāvit sibi.

     Then 'Moses' is interpreted as 'taken out of water'. The daughter of the Pharaoh found him abandoned on the bank of the river and adopted him.

Third-declension noun.

• “Pharao”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Pharao”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Borrowed from Latin Pharao, from Ancient Greek Φαραώ (Pharaṓ), from Biblical Hebrew פַּרְעֹה (par‘ōh), from Egyptian

(pr-ꜥꜣ, “palace”, “pharaoh”).

Pharao m

1. Pharaoh (biblical character)
   • Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church

     Þā æt nēxtan forlēt Pharao Israhela folc of his earde siðian mid miċċlum ǣhtum, and God ġesette ðone foresǣdan Moysen his folce tō heretogan, and his broðer Aaron tō sacerde; and hī lǣddon þæt folce tō ðǣre Rēadan sǣ mid miċelre fyrdinge, þæt wǣron six hund þūsenda wīgendra manna, buton wīfum and ċildum.

     Then at last Pharaoh allowed the people of Israel to leave his land with much livestock, and God appointed the aforementioned Moses as the leader of his people, and his brother Aaron as priest; and they led the people to the Red Sea with a great host, which numbered six hundred thousand warriors, not counting women and children.