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Hebrews? - Asar Imhotep

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Qayin = Cain = Ogun<br />

Hebrew Yoruba Arabic<br />

Qum “rise up, stand up”<br />

Qomah “height”<br />

standing place<br />

Qemah “flour”<br />

Qayin“Cain”<br />

Gun (oke) “climb” (hill)<br />

gun (akaba) “climb” (a ladder)<br />

gun (esin) “ride” (a horse)<br />

O gun “he is tall”<br />

i.e. “it is long”<br />

O gun “it is erect”<br />

O gun ‘yan “she is protruding at the breasts. Her breasts<br />

have become erect.”<br />

ogun “war”<br />

Gun le “to settle”<br />

a-da-gun-odo “stagnant waters”<br />

gun “to pound” (pulverize)<br />

gun yan “to pound iyan”<br />

agunmu “medicinal herbs” (pound into a powder)<br />

agan “barren (woman)”<br />

Ogun “god of iron”<br />

We have two Qayins in Genesis: Qayin “farmer” and Tu w bal Qayin “blacksmith.”<br />

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Qaama “he rose”<br />

Maqama “combat”<br />

Aqama “to settle, to stay<br />

in place”<br />

Aqama “sterile”<br />

Qayn “smith”

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