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[b-hebrew] Num 11: 5 khaw-tseer'

From: "JP vd Giessen (FOL)" <janpieter AT giessen.fol.nl>
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Subject: [b-hebrew] Num 11: 5 khaw-tseer'
Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2006 07:48:38 +0200

I have a problem with translating Numbers 11: 5: khaw-tseer' is translated as
"leek" (Allium porrum) in many translations, but in all other occurrencies it
is translated as "grass".
Is there any specific botanical background why this is "leek"? Could it be an
Egyptian loanword?

Jan Pieter van de Giessen
http://bijbelaantekeningen.blogspot.com/

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- Re: [b-hebrew] Translating - some elementary questions, Yitzhak Sapir, 10/01/2006
  - Re: [b-hebrew] Translating - some elementary questions, Yitzhak Sapir, 10/01/2006
    - Re: [b-hebrew] Translating - some elementary questions, Peter Kirk, 10/01/2006
      - Re: [b-hebrew] Translating - some elementary questions, Yitzhak Sapir, 10/02/2006
        
        Re: [b-hebrew] Translating - some elementary questions, Peter Kirk, 10/02/2006
        
        Re: [b-hebrew] Translating - some elementary questions, Yitzhak Sapir, 10/02/2006
        
        Re: [b-hebrew] Translating - some elementary questions, Vadim Cherny, 10/03/2006
        
        Re: [b-hebrew] Translating - some elementary questions, Peter Kirk, 10/03/2006
        
        [b-hebrew] Num 11: 5 khaw-tseer', JP vd Giessen (FOL), 10/04/2006
        Re: [b-hebrew] Num 11: 5 khaw-tseer', K Randolph, 10/04/2006
        
        Re: [b-hebrew] Num 11: 5 khaw-tseer', Harold Holmyard, 10/04/2006
        
        Re: [b-hebrew] Translating - some elementary questions, Vadim Cherny, 10/04/2006
        
        Re: [b-hebrew] Translating - some elementary questions, Yitzhak Sapir, 10/03/2006
        
        Re: [b-hebrew] Translating - some elementary questions, Yonah Mishael, 10/03/2006
        
        Re: [b-hebrew] Translating - some elementary questions, Vadim Cherny, 10/04/2006
  - Re: [b-hebrew] Translating - some elementary questions, Bob MacDonald, 10/01/2006
    - Re: [b-hebrew] Translating - some elementary questions, Peter Kirk, 10/01/2006
    - Re: [b-hebrew] Translating - some elementary questions, Yitzhak Sapir, 10/02/2006
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