Biblical Hebrew Forum

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

At 07:51 AM 6/3/2003 -0700, Uri Hurwitz wrote:
> Yes, Yigal; one of the meanings is trellis and from that -  hut; another
is throne which in a broad sense widens to mean bed. The biblical (eres is
definitely related,  cf.  Akkadian, and ,if memory serves, also in
Ugaritic, but I have no glossary at hand.  Interestingly, in late Heb. the
sin becomes a samekh, in the fem. form.

Just in the fem.? What about Xeres, Yaxas, Kabes etc.?
  
>As for Og's bed dimensions in Deut. 3:11, would'nt he be considered obese
these days?

Who would want an iron bed anyway?

Yigal