Ink

The Hebrew word for Ink-דיו-Dyo is a common word which appears in several Semitic languages. One opinion (Lambedin)argues that it is actually derived from an Egyptian word "rith" which is argued to be the original for of Dyo which should be Ryo. This is argued based on the physical resemblance between the Hebrew letters ד-ר which many do confuse. However this is undone by the evidence from Aramaic which clearly issues a ד as דיותא-Dyota. A different reason for arguing the Egyptian origin is the common Egyptian names in the names of David's scribes in 2Sam 20:25 where the name שוא/שוי appears and some identify it as Egyptian. This spiralled into an idea that Davids court had Egyptian officials which worked for him, but this has very little support. Sources: Introdution to Biblical Literature, Ra'anana 1989 Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew, Bar Illan 2007 A dictionary of Jewish Babylonian Aramaic, Bar Illan 2002