“What then is your case O Sāmirī?” (20/Ṭā-Hā:95)

Year 2017, Volume: 58 Issue: 2, 183 - 192, 01.08.2017

Yasin Meral

https://doi.org/10.1501/Ilhfak_0000001477

Abstract

This study claims that the word al-Sāmirī for the maker of the calf in the Qur’an was used for
the Josephite in general sense and the Ephraimite in particular. The author proposes that the
word Sāmirī derives from sa-meri (beloved son) in Ancient Egyptian language. Accordingly,
it refers to beloved son of Jacob who is Joseph and to his offsprings, specifically to the
Ephraimites. As a result of the same usage, the land of Ephraim takes the name Samaria after
sa-meri

Senin derdin neydi ey Sāmirī?” (20/Ṭā-Hā:95)

Abstract