Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Peter Kirk" <Peter_Kirk AT sil.org>]

Well, I recently heard it suggested that it is not QF+FNIY “my little finger” but MIM.FT:N”Y “than the loins of”.which is the euphemism for the genitalia. Or maybe the euphemism is only in the English cf. NIV “waist”, this makes sense (even in its duality) as the literal meaning of MFT:NAYIM. Against that view, the woman in Proverbs 31:17 “girds up her loins”, but girding up loins had become a fixed _expression_. TWOT also rejects that view, pointing out that XFLFC and YFR”K rather than MFT:NAYIM are used with sexual and procreative connotations.

 

Peter Kirk

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Ken Smith [mailto:kens AT 180solutions.com]
Sent: 20 January 2002 08:49
To: Biblical Hebrew
Subject: Qa+aNiY in 1Kings 12:10

 

I’ve heard it suggested in a couple places that the word Qa+aNiY in 1 Kings 12:10, normally translated as “little finger”, might be a euphemism for genitalia (perhaps like ReGeL in Is. 6:2).  But I don’t seem to have any reference works which touch on that; it’s not listed as an option in BDB, but that’s hardly conclusive.  Does anyone here have any opinions or thoughts (or better yet, solid information) on the topic?

 

Ken Smith

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