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  • From: Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>
  • To: "Nir cohen - Prof. Mat." <nir AT ccet.ufrn.br>
  • Cc: B-Hebrew Hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] The Names עשו ESAW and לוי LEWIY
  • Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2013 20:41:42 -0400

I suspect that the editor of Genesis likewise doctored also the 
name לוי LEWIY by the same tricky W for B interchange he employed 
in muddling the name עשו ESAW. Originally it was, methinks, the obviously 
theophoric אלאבי ELABIY, combining אל EL and אב AB.

Then, he told us a שובה לב a captivating story, about a husband ready to 
"accompany" his ולדנית fertile wife.

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On Aug 29, 2013, at 7:57 PM, Nir cohen - Prof. Mat. wrote:

isaac,


off b-hebrew


The editor of genesis knew very well what עשו means. 

that much i agree. 


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  • Re: [b-hebrew] The Names עשו ESAW and לוי LEWIY, Isaac Fried, 08/29/2013

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