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Re: FW: [b-hebrew] meaning of XWT

From: Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>
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Subject: Re: FW: [b-hebrew] meaning of XWT
Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2003 09:54:54 -0700

On 25/10/2003 09:10, Pastor Richard Bacon wrote:

HALOT says it (XWH) means a "tent city" or maybe an "army camp." XWT is
simply the construct form.

BDB glosses "tent-village", and links with XIWWIY "Hivite". It is also of course a homonym, even with the Masoretic pointing, of the name XAWWAH = "Eve".

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[b-hebrew] meaning of XWT, Karl Randolph, 10/25/2003
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- FW: [b-hebrew] meaning of XWT, Pastor Richard Bacon, 10/25/2003
  - Re: FW: [b-hebrew] meaning of XWT, Peter Kirk, 10/25/2003
- [b-hebrew] meaning of XWT, Noam Eitan, 10/25/2003
- Re: [b-hebrew] meaning of XWT, Karl Randolph, 10/28/2003
- Re: FW: [b-hebrew] meaning of XWT, Karl Randolph, 10/28/2003
- [b-hebrew] meaning of XWT, Noam Eitan, 10/28/2003
- Re: [b-hebrew] meaning of XWT, Karl Randolph, 10/31/2003