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  • From: "Yaakov Stein" <yaakov_s AT rad.com>
  • To: <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [b-hebrew] code names in Numbers 13
  • Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2008 11:07:26 +0300

The names of the spies in Numbers 13
(with the exception of the well-known Yehoshua and Caleb)
seem to be somewhat different than names encountered before
(e.g. the names of the princes earlier in Numbers).
They are mostly shorter, often end in Y (rather than )L or )B or $DY),
and certainly more cryptic.

Two, in particular, hint at "secretness" SODY and STUR.

Could these names be code names, like 007 ?
Or are these simply names of the younger generation ?

Yaakov (J) Stein





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