[b-hebrew] Bethsaida
B. M. Rocine
brocine at twcny.rr.com
Thu Jan 15 21:47:57 EST 2009
Hi John,
There is a Hebrew noun tsedah, (using the official b-hebrew
transcription spelled C"DfH), which is parallel with lexem (bread) in
Psalm 78:25. In other places it means provision Gen. 42:25; 45:21;
Exod. 12:39; Jos. 1:11; 9:11; Jdg. 7:8; 20:10; 1 Sam. 22:10.
It is related to tsayid "game" and tsud "hunt."
Blessings,
Bryan
JBarach at aol.com wrote:
> BHaverim --
>
> What does the name "Bethsaida" mean? "Beth," obviously, means "house." But
> what about the "Saida"? I'm not even sure what the Hebrew root word here
> might be. One commentary I have says it means "House of Provisioning" (Austin
> Farrer) and another says "House of Fishermen" (John Donahue & Daniel
> Harrington) -- and all the rest that I have say nothing about the meaning of the name
> at all.
>
> I'd be glad to hear what you think. (I ask this on the B-Hebrew list, even
> though "Bethsaida" appears only in the Greek, because it's obvious a Hebrew
> name. Hope this isn't a problem.)
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> John
>
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B.M. Rocine
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