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  • From: Petr Tomasek <tomasek AT etf.cuni.cz>
  • To: JimStinehart AT aol.com
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] HALOT Etymologies
  • Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2010 14:58:20 +0100

On Thu, Dec 02, 2010 at 01:58:30PM -0500, JimStinehart AT aol.com wrote:
>
> HALOT Etymologies
>
> We are often told that HALOT’s etymologies of Biblical Hebrew words and
> names are the finest that have ever been done in 3,000 years. Yet when I
> look
> in HALOT for etymologies of some of my favorite Biblical names, here is
> what
> I find:
>
> 1. (N-R at Genesis 14: 13: “n.m.” Is that the finest etymology ever
> done of this Biblical name?
>
> 2. QNZ-Y at Genesis 15: 19: “name of a tribe, meaning unexplained”. That
> ’s the finest etymology there is?

"Whereof one cannot speak, one must pass over in silence."
--- Ludwig Wittgenstein

(Or more exactly in German: "Wovon man nicht sprechen kann, darüber muss
man schweigen." :-) )

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Petr Tomasek <http://www.etf.cuni.cz/~tomasek>
Jabber: butrus AT jabbim.cz

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