Biblical Hebrew Forum

[<tladatsi AT charter.net>]

Why do the Edomites (?DM)  live in Edom (?DM)?   Because 
Edom (?DM ? Esau) asked for it (i.e. ?DM ? red stew)!  
Badda bing! 

What did 'DM s descendents inhert from him? 'DM!  Badda 
bang.

Did Easu ask for a bowl of stew or a nation?   (Be careful 
what you ask for, you just might get it.)  Did his 
descendents inhert his redness or a nation, or both?  

Actually, it is pretty funny. 

It is also an insult; one that works on two different 
levels.  

First, the land of Edom is named for a vulgar stew! 

Second, why does the older, more well established nation of 
the Edomites live in a poor, dry, hot land and the not in 
the land of milk and honey as does the younger nation of 
run-away Egyptian slaves?  Because Israel (Jacob the 
younger brother) had the right stuff to take the land and 
Edom (Esau the older brother) did not did not have the 
right stuff to keep it.  

It is a political - historical metaphor and well as a pun.


Jack Tladatsi