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  • From: "Karl Randolph" <kwrandolph AT email.com>
  • To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Lion in Hebrew: lexical development question
  • Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 09:44:15 -0500

Philip:

I have wondered the same question, and one possible
answer is that some of the animals are now extinct
or mistranslated.

For example, $XL, could this have been what we now
call a "jackal"? Field studies in Africa have found
that jackals are predators in their own right.

Another example is the animal normally translated
as "leopard" has stripes.

Herman Meester also gave a good answer.

Karl W. Randolph.

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "A. Philip Brown II" <philipbrown AT apbrown2.net>
>
> I'm curious if anyone knows why or has a theory as to why Hebrew
> developed/acquired a relatively large number of lexemes for 'lion.'
>
> )RY, GWR, KPYR, LB), LBYH, LY$, $XL, which omits two feminine lemmas listed
> by HALOT.
>
> Are there any studies on these synonyms? Semantic field analyses?
>
> Philip Brown
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> www.apbrown2.net
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