Biblical Hebrew Forum

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Alger Johns translates the word as "furnace."  Dr. Marcus Jastrow defines 
'attun /
'attun'a as "fire-place, stove; a fire-place of which the fire has been 
scraped out."
(A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the 
Midrashic
Literature, p. 133)  However, it is also used in Targum Onqelos to translate 
the
Hebrew word kavshen at Exodus 19:18, which is a "kiln for lime or pottery," 
(BDBG)
and was used to describe the smoking mountain of the theophany.   Or as some 
translate
this Hebrew word also, a "furnace."   It would  appear that the word 'attun 
is not
explicit, except to refer to a large place used for burning.  Yet ordinarily, 
that
might favor furnace or kiln over a bread oven.

Solomon Landers
Memra Institute for Biblical Research
http://www.memrain.org

Jim West wrote:

> this is, properly speaking, an aramaic quetion- but you folks know all that
> stuff too--
>
> the aramaic word 'attun, translated "furnace" here-  does it specifically
> mean "kiln" or "oven"?  what i am wondering is if the story portrays the 3
> hebrews being tossed into a brick kiln or a bread oven.
>
> my sense is that it is a kiln.  but i dont wanna go shootin off my mouth
> without knowing aforehand.
>
> thanks,
>
> Jim
>
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