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  • From: ben.crick AT argonet.co.uk (Ben Crick)
  • To: b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu
  • Subject: Re: BH- Eccl. 3, stones
  • Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 00:31:50 +0100


On Sun 9 Apr 2000 (13:24:33), nxzaha AT wm.edu wrote:
> I agree, there is nothing unusual with "stones" for testicles. It is
> just that I don't remember this usage from anywhere in Hebrew.

The only reference I can find is Leviticus 21:20, "or hath his stones
broken" (KJV) 'oW M:RoWaC 'F$eK (MT).

'e$eK is not the usual word for stone; is it the usual word for testicles?
It seems that it is the KJV that uses "stones" as a euphemism. All the
other English versions use the T word.

Ben
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