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  • From: Peter Kirk <peter AT qaya.org>
  • To: Karl Randolph <kwrandolph AT email.com>
  • Cc: B-Hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Striped leopard? was: Flying or Darting in Isaiah 14:29 and 30:6
  • Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 09:50:08 +0100

On 11/04/2006 02:42, Karl Randolph wrote:
Peter:

Quite frankly, I have not checked what the other dictionaries say about XBRBRH. That it is from the same root as XBRH using a regular derivation pattern indicates that it is unlikely to have a significantly different meaning, as "spot" would be.

The usual word for "spot" is NQDH, though BRD is also used for speckled.

I have found that some dictionaries follow old translations rather than admit that the older translation may have been wrong. Especially if the older translation has become somewhat hallowed by ancient practice, as the KJV.

I take your point, Karl, but I really think you should research XBRBRH properly before trying to explain the relatively clear (NMR) by means of the far more obscure (XBRBRH). There are good reasons for thinking that NMR was a leopard. It certainly wasn't a tiger, which has never lived in the land of Israel. But it might have been a cheetah, which was of course striped, as sometimes suggested for Habakkuk 1:8 as cheetahs were used for hunting; indeed "hunting leopard" is another name for the cheetah, see http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/c/cheetah.asp.

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