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Catttt Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary

The Book of Coming Forth by Day

Another translation for "The Egyptian Book of the Dead" from Egyptian is "The Book of Coming Forth by Day". Can any one please explain what it means coming forth by day? Does it mean moving towards lightness?
  

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Another translation offered by Wikipedia is "Book of emerging forth into the Light". Possibly "coming forth by day" is supposed to mean a similar thing, though this is far from clear from the words themselves.

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  • Another translation offered by Wikipedia is "Book of emerging forth into the Light".
  • Possibly "coming forth by day" is supposed to mean a similar thing, though this is far from clear from the words themselves.
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Another translation offered by Wikipedia is "Book of emerging forth into the Light". Possibly "coming forth by day" is supposed to mean a similar thing, though this is far from clear from the words themselves.
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But, what does "coming forth by day" mean to you when you hear it, regardless of the context?
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red appleBut, what does "coming forth by day" mean to you when you hear it, regardless of the context?
To me, it means no more than the sum of the parts:

"coming forth" literally means "coming forwards (out of something)", typically used to mean something like "emerging", "revealing oneself", "issuing out of something", etc.

"by day" means "d
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