Proper name pronunciation of Pharaoh Shishaq is ShaShuQa'a or Shasu of Qa'aWaS (an Edomite deity & the Spirit of YHWH)
Author: Eulalio D. Eguia Jr. Abstract: The Hebrew name of the Biblical Shishaq is made up of the Hebrew consonants: Shin-Shin-Qoph (Sh-Sh-Q). T he spelling and pronunciation of Shishaq's name is not consistent throughout the Hebrew Bible. It occurs three times as Šīšaq (שִׁישַׁק), three times as Šīšāq (שִׁישָׁק), and once as Šūšaq (שׁוּשַׁק). The differences in spelling is caused by different niqqud marks, a system of diacritical signs used to represent vowels or distinguish between alternative pronunciations of letters of the Hebrew alphabet. Several such diacritical systems were developed in the Early Middle Ages . The most widespread system, and the only one still used to a significant degree today, was created by the Masoretes of Tiberias in the second half of the first millennium AD in the Land of Israel . In this research paper, I propose Sha-Shu-Qa'a (Shasu of Qa'aWaS - Edomite deity QWS) as the proper name pronunciation of the Biblical Pharaoh Shish...