(SAMURAI36) - A Shems is an initate. A Shemsu is a body or class of Initiates. A Shemset is a female initiate. And Ashem is a Sage. My Brother(who created this very thread)'s name is 'SHEMSI ENTEHUTI" which means "He who walks the path of Wisdom". When we say "Shem-Hotepu", it means "walk the path of Peace". In the Pert, we find the phrase: "Shemsu-Heru", which means "followers of the Path of Ascension" (a Priesthood of Heru). Thus, "TA" means "land of" and Shem meaning intiates, or followers.....It's not hard to piece together what this term means....But it is far from an ethnic one. PEACE i see the meanings of "shem" and "shemsu" that you speak of. however, from the glyphs that i see, "ta shemau" is land of the south. i can't even disagree with you here because without question you could write "ta shems" or "ta shemsu" to mean "land of the initiated"; but it depends on the glyphs that you use.
We are in mutual agreement. It's clear that "SHEMAU" is a plural term though, demonstrated by the "au" at the end of "SHEM". Why would "South" be seen as a pluralized concept? That would be extremely unusual for the facilitators of this language (the Kemetians) to do, especially since they always demonstrated a national entity in the first-person feminine (i.e. "KEMET", "TA-SETI", etc.) The "et" feminizes a word or idea. This was because they saw these cultures in matrilineal terms. HOTEP
And of course, this "land to the South" was NOT in the Nile VALLEY (delta) ! And for sure, it was distinct from Ta-Meri or Ta-Mehu. Interestingly, there are also the Ta-Shema which were present during the reign of Ameniphis III. They were one of many military groups who the Pharaoh had to subdue in battle.
What does this have to do with the fact that "SHEMAU" has nothing to do with any ethnic implications, as you have been asserting recently?
I haven't read any of this but I agree that the original Hebrews were not Black and they were not from Africa, they were Middle Eastern people.