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  • From: Dave Washburn <dwashbur AT nyx.net>
  • To: B-Hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Yam Suph "Reed" Sea - Seaweed
  • Date: 26 Jan 2004 19:11:21 -0700

On Mon, 2004-01-26 at 17:23, Polycarp66 AT aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 1/26/2004 7:17:51 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> dwashbur AT nyx.net writes:
> My oldie-but-goodie Gesenius lexicon says "sea-weed, sedge,
> Jon. 2,6.
> Hence YAM-SW.P, the sea of sedge, i.e. the Arabian Gulf or Red
> Sea,
> which abounds in seaweed..." I've never been there so I can't
> verify
> this, but considering how long the lexicon has endured and how
> many
> others have been based on it, I would suspect that he did his
> homework.
> And as has been pointed out, the references in Jonah and the
> clear
> reference to the Gulf of Aqabah seems to preclude the idea
> that the
> expression referred to the Bitter Lakes, unless we want to
> posit an ad
> hoc meaning especially for the occurrences in Exodus.
>
> ______
>
> Perhaps I'm reading too much into your post, but I'm wondering if you
> are suggesting that Jonah was in the Gulf of Aqabah (whether a
> historical prophet or simply the subject of a moral story)? My
> reading of Jonah indicates that he went to Joppa which would indicate
> a Mediterranian provenence.
>
> gfsomsel

As far as I can tell, nobody suggested that Jonah was in the Gulf of
anything. Gesenius' point was on the meaning of suph.






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