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Re: [b-hebrew] KHEREM vs MOLOKH

From: "Jonathan D. Safren" <yonsaf AT beitberl.ac.il>
To: "Cohen, Izzy" <Izzy_Cohen AT bmc.com>, <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>, <deborahmillier AT yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] KHEREM vs MOLOKH
Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2003 12:38:51 +0200

> Michael Millier <deborahmillier AT yahoo.com> wrote:
> > ... do you not think that KHEREM has an underlying
> > idea of human sacrifice (to YHWH?!?!)? From the
> > word's various contexts, I think I'm inclined to
> > believe so.
>

The original connotation of the root is "holy", similar to qd$.
The Temple Mount in Jerusalem is today called in Arabic al-haram esh-$arif
(in earlier sources it is called bayt el-maqdas = beit ha-miqda$).
Sincerely,
Jonathan D. Safren, Editor
Mo'ed - Annual for Jewish Studies
Center for Jewish Culture
Beit Berl College
Beit Berl Post Office
44905 Israel
Tel. 972-9-7476396
e-mail: moed AT beitberl.ac.il
Tel. 972-9-7476396

[b-hebrew] KHEREM vs MOLOKH, Cohen, Izzy, 07/05/2003
- Re: [b-hebrew] KHEREM vs MOLOKH, Jonathan D. Safren, 07/05/2003
  - Re: [b-hebrew] KHEREM vs MOLOKH, Peter Kirk, 07/05/2003
    - Re: [b-hebrew] KHEREM vs MOLOKH, Jonathan D. Safren, 07/05/2003
      - RE: [b-hebrew] KHEREM vs MOLOKH, Liz Fried, 07/05/2003
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- RE: [b-hebrew] KHEREM vs MOLOKH, Karl Randolph, 07/05/2003