Biblical Hebrew Forum

["K Randolph" <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>]

It's good to see someone reading just for pleasure.

As for Rahab's profession, how much do we know about the practices of
prostitution of that period? Could it have been a combination of
brothel and inn? In other words, a high class inn in which were found
all the comforts of home, even a sleeping partner? Proverbs 7:18 seems
to give a similar picture.

Karl W. Randolph.

On 5/30/07, Jason Hare <jaihare AT gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear B-Hebrew,
>
> Last night I read a couple of chapters of Joshua for leisure, and
> there are a couple of things that I noticed that I wanted to ask
> about:
>
> (1) Although $BW(H /shevu'ah/ [שבועה] is feminine, it is modified with
> the masculine ZH /zeh/ [זה] in 2:17:
>
> נְקִיִּם אֲנַחְנוּ מִשְּׁבֻעָתֵךְ הַזֶּה אֲשֶׁר הִשְׁבַּעְתָּנוּ
> NQYM )NXNW M$B(TK HZH )$R H$B(TNW
>
> Come to think of it, why is H$B(TNW masculine, when it is talking about Rahab?
>
> (2) Is there any reason why the NIV footnote says that the word ZWNH
> /zonah/ [זונה] can be translated as "innkeeper"?
>
> Thanks,
> Jason
> Joplin, MO > Ra'anana (Israel)