[b-hebrew] 'Blessing' - Root from???

Trevor Peterson 06PETERSON at cua.edu
Tue Jan 21 16:45:33 EST 2003


>===== Original Message From watts-westmaas <watts-westmaas at zonnet.nl> =====
>And why would a verb,
>(BRCH), that essentially linked to 'Kneeling' also be used to mean 'To
>Curse' since I know of at least 4 hebrew words for 'Curse'? Thankyou all.

I think it's generally understood to be a euphemism, so instead of actually 
saying "curse," you could be more polite by saying "bless."

Trevor Peterson
CUA/Semitics



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