Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Uri Hurwitz <uhurwitz AT yahoo.com>]

Peter Kirk 
>
As the modern Hebrew speakers on this list have only confused me and 
others, I asked a someone I know who attended a Hebrew school in Israel, 
although actually a Christian Arab. According to him:

rays (plural) = keranim, construct karne
horns (plural) = keranot, construct karnot (?)
horns (dual) = karnaim, construct karne

He admits that his knowledge is imperfect. But would anyone choose to 
correct him?

Peter Kirk

The above is fine, but I would add that im Mod. Heb. Keren is also commonly 
used for "fund" , and the pl. here is Keranot. Of course the correct 
transliteration of the letter Quf is a  Q.
 
Uri

                        
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Dear list,

The only verse I see so far where QRNYM means "rays" is Hab 3:4. I 
wonder, is there any possibility that the word there is a homonym of 
the word meaning "horns" and actually derives from the verb QRN, 
meaning "shine," which occurs in Ex 34:29-30, 35? BDB says the verb 
is a denominative from the noun "horn," to which it ascribes the 
meaning "ray" in Hab 3:4. But it is at least conceivable that the 
"ray" and "shine" words represent an entirely different word, not 
simply an extension of meaning and form of QRN meaning "horn."

                                        Yours,
                                        Harold Holmyard