Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Karl Randolph" <kwrandolph AT email.com>]

Dear Yigal:

How late is “later Hebrew”?

The only other use of “nedan” in Tenakh is in 1 Chronicles 21:27, where it 
means ‘sheath’ (vagina in Latin).

As for “nedah”, does it not come from the root meaning to eject, expel?

Thus it appears so me that the red faces as per my original posting led to a 
change in the meaning of the Hebrew words.

Yours, Karl W. Randolph.

> Hi Karl,
> 
> While I would have no problem with Ezekiel using "dirty" language, in this
> case, "nedah"/"nedan" really DOES just mean "gift" - in later Hebrew, this
> became the word for "dowry" or "bridal gift". This fits the context
> perfectly. Sometimes a rose is just a rose.
> 
> Yigal
> 
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