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  • From: Shoshanna Walker <rosewalk AT concentric.net>
  • To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Karnaim
  • Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2004 23:09:00 -0500

HH: If "baHr" mans "son," then the horns could be part of a phrase indicating a man of strength. Presumably a groom in a marriage would be a person of strength. Horns are a symbol of strength in the Old Testament.


More likely is the meaning ascribed to Moshe's "karnaim" - that his face shown so much, that rays of light protruded from it.

Keren Or = ray of light

Shoshanna




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