Gihon

Gihon
	fictional river (en) da biblical place (en)

Gihon sunan kogi na biyu ne da aka ambata a babi na biyu na Littafin Farawa na Littafi Mai Tsarki . An ambaci Gihon a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin koguna huɗu (tare da Tigris, Euphrates, da Pishon ) da ke fitowa daga Adnin, suna fitowa daga kogi ɗaya da ya rabu bayan ya shayar da Lambun Adnin (Farawa 2:10-14).

Bayani

Ana iya fassara sunan ( Ibrananci Gīḥōn גיחון) a matsayin "fashewa, mai ɓuɓɓuga".

Littafin Farawa ya bayyana Gihon a matsayin "wanda ya kewaye ƙasar Kush gaba ɗaya", sunan da ke da alaƙa da Aethiopia a wani wuri a cikin Littafi Mai Tsarki. Wannan shine dalilin da ya sa Habashawa suka daɗe suna gane Gihon ( Giyon ) da Kogin Abay ( Blue Nile ), wanda ke kewaye da tsohuwar masarautar Gojjam .

Daga mahangar ƙasa, wannan na iya zama abin mamaki, domin wasu koguna biyu da aka ce suna fitowa daga Adnin, Tigris da Euphrates, suna cikin Mesopotamiya . Duk da haka, masanin tarihin Yahudawa na ƙarni na farko Josephus ya danganta kogin Gihon da Kogin Nilu, wanda shine haɗin Fari da Blue Nile. A cikin taswirar Italiya (Venetian) Fra Mauro na 1459, ana kiran Kogin Nilu Gion, wanda ke nuna wannan iƙirari. Masanin Edward Ullendorff shi ma ya yi jayayya don goyon bayan wannan ganewar.

Masana na zamani da na Larabci a ƙarni na sha tara sun yi ƙoƙarin gano "ƙasar Kush" tare da Hindu Kush, da Gihon tare da Amu Darya (Jihon/Jayhon na rubutun Musulunci). A zamanin da, marubutan Musulunci sun san Amu Darya a matsayin Jayhun ko Ceyhun a cikin harshen Turkanci . Wannan ya samo asali ne daga Jihon, ko Zhihon kamar yadda har yanzu Farisawa suka san shi. ^[1] Wani mujallar 1929 ta kuma nuna cewa Gihon shine kogin Oxus (Amu Darya).

Juris Zarins sun gano Gihon da Kogin Karun a Iran, Kush kuma sun gano ƙasar Kassites, ^[2] wadda ta ƙunshi yankin Mesopotamiya wanda kogunan Tigris da Euphrates ke cika da ruwa akai-akai. Karun yana kwarara zuwa yankin da ke kan Tekun Farisa kamar Tigris, Euphrates, da Wadi al-Batin (wanda aka yi nuni da cewa shine asalin Pishon, kogi na huɗu na Adnin). Wannan ra'ayi ya samo asali ne daga Herodotus, wanda ya yi tunanin akwai Habasha ta Afirka da Habasha ta Asiya.

Sefer haYashar, wani masanin midrash na Ibrananci na zamanin da, ya yi iƙirarin cewa a zamanin Enos, jikan Adamu, kogin Gihon ya fuskanci ambaliyar ruwa mai tsanani saboda muguntar ɗan adam.

Manazarta

↑ Svat Soucek. 2000. A History of Inner Asia. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-65704-0.
↑ Hamblin, Dora Jane (May 1987). "Has the Garden of Eden been located at last?" (PDF). Smithsonian Magazine. 18 (2). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 January 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2014.

[1] Svat Soucek. 2000. A History of Inner Asia. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-65704-0.

[2] Hamblin, Dora Jane (May 1987). "Has the Garden of Eden been located at last?" (PDF). Smithsonian Magazine. 18 (2). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 January 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2014.

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