Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Dale M. Wheeler" <dalemw AT teleport.com>]

Has anyone run across a discussion of the meaning of NEQEB in Ezk 28:13 
which suggests meanings not based on the Hebrew "hole", ie., socket for a 
gem (which seems to make nonsense of TOP "tamborine"), but rather:

1) Ugaritic nqbn "part of horse's harness", or,
2) Hebrew NQB with the meaning "to denote, mark", as it occurs in Amos 6:1 
and the Nifal

Paired with TOP, the first might refer to some sort of decoration or 
musical instrument (made from parts that resemble the parts of a horse's 
harness); the second might refer to some sort of insignia or special 
markings.  Or...??

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