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Name Resheph
Gender Masculine
Scripts 𐎗𐎌𐎔(Ugaritic) 𒀭𒊏𒊓𒀊(Eblaite Cuneiform)
Other Forms FormsReshef
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Meaning & History
Derived from Semitic ršf meaning "to absorb, to consume" or "to burn" (descended into Hebrew as רשף (reshef) "burning heat" or "plague"). This was the name of a Canaanite and Semitic deity of plague, the underworld, and war.