Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>]

Shoshana,

You are right but not entirely. The dual of KEREN, horn, is KARNAIM,  
as nature willed it for the head of most animals. Yet, indeed, the  
plural of KEREN in the sense of 'ray of light' is KARNAIM, the same  
way that the 4 legs of a table are 4 RAGLAIM. You my have seen a  
statue of an Indian goddess with 6 YADAIM, and some modern art  
depicting a face with 3 EYNAIM. The plural of KEREN in the sense of  
'principal' is KRANOT, (KARNOT in construct state), and so is the  
plural of KEREN in the sense of 'corner'.

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On Apr 14, 2007, at 9:42 PM, Shoshanna Walker wrote:

> I thought that Karnaim is plural for horns, and Kranot plural for  
> rays of light
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