[b-hebrew] Jacob-El

Isaac Fried if at math.bu.edu
Wed Jan 21 11:09:45 EST 2009


Absolutely not.

Isaac Fried, Boston University


On Jan 21, 2009, at 10:57 AM, JimStinehart at aol.com wrote:

>
> Karl wrote:  “The name found in the Bible is simply Y(QB, which is the
> imperfective grammatical form of the verb "to be crooked" or "to  
> deal crookedly" as
> in being less than honest. A derivative of the same root refers to  
> the ankle,
> the permanently crooked part of the leg.”



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