Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Yigal Levin <Yigal-Levin AT utc.edu>]

Speaking about puns, there's also the two lambs:
In Gen. 29:6 and 9, Rachel (who's name means "ewe") "ba'a 'im hatson"
("comes with the sheep"). As in baa baa black sheep.
But in 1 Sam. 15:14, Samuel asks Saul, "me'e qol hatson ani shomea'" ("what
is the sound of sheep that I hear". (This is familiar to anyone who has
participated in the synagogue service on the Sabbath before Purim).

So I guess a Dtr sheep goes me'e, while a JE sheep goes ba'a.

Yigal




At 11:29 AM 6/28/2002 -0500, Tyler Connoley wrote:
>On 6/28/02 5:00 AM, Ian Goldsmith wrote:
>
>> Liz gave me a good line on a pun in Genesis 3 a while
>> back and it was mentioned that there are others.
>
>So, what's the pun in Genesis 3? I love a good pun, though I have to say
>seminary has made me better at finding the double entendres in the text ‹
>Boaz had lots of seed, but no wife to uncover his feet. Wink. Wink.
>
>-Tyler
>-- 
>³The person who says it cannot be done
>should not interrupt the person doing it.²
>                                -Chinese Proverb 
>
>
>---
>You are currently subscribed to b-hebrew as: [Yigal-Levin AT utc.edu]
>To unsubscribe, forward this message to
$subst('Email.Unsub')
>To subscribe, send an email to join-b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu.
>
>
Dr. Yigal Levin
Dept. of Philosophy and Religion
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
615 McCallie Avenue
Chattanooga TN 37403-2598
U.S.A.