Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Søren Holst <sh AT teol.ku.dk>]

Isn't "stones" as euphemism for testicles supposed to be one of the possible
explanations of the "ur'iyten 'al-ha'avnayim 'im-ben hu'" in Ex 1,16  -
i.e. that the midwives were to check the newborn baby's genitals to
determine whether (s)he should be killed. (I know it's not a _certain_
attestation of this usage).

shavua tov
Soren Holst
Copenhagen

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> Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be another other occurance of this
> euphemism in BH, and I haven't been able to find one in MH. Has anyone
> observed how testicles are euphemistically termed in BH or MH?
> 
> Cynthia Edenburg
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