[b-hebrew] Bethsaida
Isaac Fried
if at math.bu.edu
Fri Jan 16 05:18:58 EST 2009
The same question can be asked about the city of CIDON.
Isaac Fried, Boston University
On Jan 15, 2009, at 8:39 PM, 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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