[b-hebrew] Dove's Dung
David Kolinsky
yishalom at sbcglobal.net
Sun Sep 7 17:55:54 EDT 2008
The root for the word, (dibyown), is D.B.H which is analogous to DB in Arabic meaning to crawl, creep, move slowly, go on all fours, fill, pervade, invade, stream in, rush in; bear, sand hill, tiny animal, insect. Considering that the Ktiv is Chiryon which is related to the word Ch.R./A (/A = aleph) which means excrement, the connection to excrement is on solid ground. Therefore, I suggest that both words most likely mean "Scarab or Dung Beetle" which in times of famine would most definately be eaten and nutritious.
D kolinsky
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