Lexicon :: Strong's H5471 - sô'

† סוֺא proper name, masculine ( Ζηγωρ, A Ζωα, Αδραμελεχ τὸν Αἰθίοπα τὸν κατοικοῦντα ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ (!); Jos^{Ant. ix. 14, 1} Σωαν; Sua; all accusative), called מֶלֶךְ מִצְרַיִם 2 Kings 17:4, with whom Hoshea had intrigue; possibly= Šab-’-ê, or Sib-’-ê mentioned by Sargon (KB^{ii.54.1.25.26} COT^{on the passage}) as a ruler (apparently) under Pir’u king of Muṣuri; hence Schr^{COT l.c.} proposes to read סֶוֶא, and, further, identify. Šab-’-ê = סֶוֶא with Šabaku, founder of 25th (Ethiop.) dynasty, compare Wied^{Äg. Geschichte. 583 f.}; very uncertain is Wkl's conjecture of סוא = Sib-’-ê as general of king Pir’u of Muṣri in Northern Arabic (Wkl^{MVG 1898, 3 ff.}).

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