Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Lewis Reich" <lbr AT sprynet.com>]

On 8 Feb 00, at 22:22, John Ronning wrote:

> Probably due to the fact that a prostitute might also be an
> "innkeeper."  Maybe so, but that's a different issue than
> what zonah, means, which as you point out is not at all
> doubtful (so it's surprising the NIV even gives it as an
> alternate possibility in a footnote).

Actually "zonah"  does also grammatically mean one who provides food, 
it's a homonym for the word that means "whore".  

Lewis Reich