Biblical Hebrew Forum

["George F. Somsel" <gfsomsel AT juno.com>]

On Tue, 13 Jul 2004 19:06:10 -0500 "Dora Smith" <villandra AT austin.rr.com>
writes:
> But what I want to know is, what is it that they were weaving?    
> 
> Yours,
> Dora Smith
> Austin, Texas
> villandra AT austin.rr.com
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "George F. Somsel" <gfsomsel AT juno.com>
> To: <villandra AT austin.rr.com>
> Cc: <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2004 5:10 PM
> Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] "Sodomite" in 2 Kings 23.7
> 
> 
> > 
> > On Tue, 13 Jul 2004 17:31:47 -0500 "Dora Smith" 
> <villandra AT austin.rr.com>
> > writes:
> > > George:
> > > 
> > > The passage in 2 Kings 23.7 also refers to women weaving 
> something 
> > > for the
> > > sacred groves.
> > > 
> > > What word is used there, and what does it mean?
> > > 
> > > Yours,
> > > Dora Smith
> > > Austin, Texas
> > > villandra AT austin.rr.com
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "George F. Somsel" <gfsomsel AT juno.com>
> > 
> > ______________
> > 
> > The verb there is )oR:GoWT as indicated in my original reply to 
> your
> > post.  It means "to weave" or "to use a loom" [ )eReG ].
> > 
> > george
> > gfsomsel
____________

The term used for that is B.fTiYM which is the pl of B."YT "house."  This
doesn't make much sense to me -- and apparently not for others as well. 
The LXX gives XETTIN for which I have no definition, the Vulgate
domunculas "little houses", and English translations generally
"hangings." 

george
gfsomsel