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Re: [b-hebrew] M:GIDDON in Zech 12:11

From: Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>
To: Yigal Levin <leviny1 AT mail.biu.ac.il>
Cc: b-hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] M:GIDDON in Zech 12:11
Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2004 13:41:42 -0800

On 22/02/2004 01:30, Yigal Levin wrote:

...

If I remember correctly, this is the etymology given in BDB (but I may not
remember correctly).

BDB lists Megiddo(n) under the root GDD "penetrate, cut", which is also listed as the root of GAD = "fortune", or "coriander". BDB also mentions that GAD was the Phoenician god of fortune. So perhaps this pre-Israelite city was considered fortunate in its location, or dedicated to the god of fortune.

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[b-hebrew] M:GIDDON in Zech 12:11, Marko Jauhiainen, 02/20/2004
- Re: [b-hebrew] M:GIDDON in Zech 12:11, Harold R. Holmyard III, 02/20/2004
  - Re: [b-hebrew] M:GIDDON in Zech 12:11, Marko Jauhiainen, 02/22/2004
    - Re: [b-hebrew] M:GIDDON in Zech 12:11, Yigal Levin, 02/22/2004
      - Re: [b-hebrew] M:GIDDON in Zech 12:11, Peter Kirk, 02/22/2004
    - [b-hebrew] M:GIDDON in Zech 12:11, Harold R. Holmyard III, 02/22/2004
- Re: [b-hebrew] M:GIDDON in Zech 12:11, B. M. Rocine, 02/20/2004
- Re: [b-hebrew] M:GIDDON in Zech 12:11, B. M. Rocine, 02/20/2004
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- [b-hebrew] M:GIDDON in Zech 12:11, Harold R. Holmyard III, 02/22/2004
- Re: [b-hebrew] M:GIDDON in Zech 12:11, Karl Randolph, 02/22/2004