Sydyk

Sydyk is righteousness with a father and a brother. His name is the root behind Melchizedek — the priest-king of Salem in Genesis whose name means 'my king is righteousness', or 'my king is Sydyk', depending on how much Canaanite religion you are willing to hear in it — and behind Adonizedek in Joshua. Philo makes him and Misor a pair, which is what the language does anyway: sedeq and mishor are a standing word-pair in Northwest Semitic for right dealing, and a euhemerist writing in Greek turns a word-pair into two brothers.

Domains

• justice

Relations

• sibling: MisorAlways paired with Misor. The two words are near-synonyms in Semitic and the pair is a hendiadys — 'justice and uprightness' — that Philo has made into two people.Reference treatment pairing Sydyk and Misor as the personifications of Justice and Righteousness in Philo's account. (secondary)

Sources

• Sydyk is a personification of justice in Philo of Byblos's Phoenician History, paired with Misor, and the element behind the name Melchizedek.: Philo of Byblos, Phoenician History. (primary); Reference treatment of Sydyk and Misor as Phoenician personifications of ideals. (secondary)