Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Peter Kirk <peter AT qaya.org>]

On 24/05/2006 17:32, tladatsi AT charter.net wrote:
> Peter,
>
> Yes, that was a very interesting paper.  You are correct it did not resolve 
>
> anything definitely although it does state that based on ancient writings, 
>
> including but not limited to Herodotus, it was cultivated in antiquity.  
>
> The central point is, based on how the word QNH-BSM or
>
> even QNH alone is used in the Hebrew text, it suggests a plant that is stiff,
>
> straight, and woody. ...

Jack, I'm not sure why you are writing this to me. I am not the one who 
has claimed that QNH or some compound with it is the Hebrew word for 
"cannabis". I am not convinced that your arguments rule this out, but 
also I have seen no good positive evidence. My contention relates rather 
to the GREEK derivation of the name of "cannabis", that KANNABIS is 
derived from KANNA in a process within the Greek language. If you wanted 
to convince me that this was wrong, you would have to appeal to the 
Greek use of KANNA rather than to the Hebrew use of QNH. But then that 
would be out of place on a Hebrew list.

Since, it seems, no one is advocating the QNH-BSM etymology, I suggest 
you stop attacking this straw man (hemp man?) so we can return to 
matters relevant to Hebrew.

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Peter Kirk
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