[b-hebrew] HALOT Etymologies
Paul Zellmer
pzellmer at sc.rr.com
Sun Dec 5 17:13:44 EST 2010
Come on, Arnaud. Let's let Jim choose to interpret Yigal's comment in a positive light if he wants to. It doesn't hurt to have him feel good, does it?
Paul Zellmer
-----Original Message-----
From: b-hebrew-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:b-hebrew-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Arnaud Fournet
Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2010 2:59 PM
To: JimStinehart at aol.com; leviny1 at mail.biu.ac.il; b-hebrew at lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] HALOT Etymologies
From: <JimStinehart at aol.com>
>
> Professor Yigal Levin:
>
> You wrote: “Who in the world said that HALOT was perfect? But as Isaac
> said, etymologies of names is often problematic. The names you list below
> are
> obviously not Hebrew. If you are now going to tell us that in Hurrian they
> all make sense and that they are all pinpoint accurate in the fourteenth
> century BCE, please don’t bother. We believe you.”
>
> That is the greatest compliment I ever got in my entire life.
***
I read it as a polite though ironic request not to defend that point of
view...
Arnaud Fournet
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