Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Herman Meester <crazymulgogi AT gmail.com>]

Dear Karl,
If we have a dagesh in the Nun of QNW, the chance that it derives of
QNN is much higher than that it derives of QNH. However, it is of
course possible that the two roots are in a way related
etymologically, but I wonder if that's still relevant for this text.
To resolve your problem that the nest would be too large for the
eagle, I think we are dealing with the poetic style of "pars pro
toto", or something similar that I can't find a nice word for, i.e.
using a word that is only part of something else, so "nest" here is
"offspring".
Cf. the frequent use of BYT like in "house of David" where BYT means
"family" or "lineage".
best regards,
Herman


2005/11/27, Karl Randolph <kwrandolph AT email.com>:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Herman Meester" <crazymulgogi AT gmail.com>
> > Dear Karl,
> > If we want to chose where -hu in יקחהו yiqqachehu and
> > ישאהו yissa'ehu
> > refers to, I think it would be קנו qinno. קן QN derives of QNN, as we
> > have a double nun in קנו qinno.
> > You are right about יעיר ya(ir, its root is עור (WR.
> > regards
> > Herman
> >
> Herman:
>
> You took this off line. I wonder why?
>
> The problem I'm having with the standard understanding that it is talking 
> about a nest, is that the eagle makes very large nests that it can't take 
> and lift up. Therefore, I don't see how the meanings fit.
>
> But if QN comes from the same root as QNH, then we're talking about 
> something that an eagle can lift up and carry.
>
> Or do you have some other interpretation?
>
> Karl W. Randolph.
>
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