Biblical Hebrew Forum

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

The same question can be asked about the city of CIDON.

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On Jan 15, 2009, at 8:39 PM, JBarach AT aol.com wrote:

> BHaverim --
>
> What does the name "Bethsaida" mean?  "Beth," obviously, means   
> "house."  But
> what about the "Saida"?  I'm not even sure what the  Hebrew root  
> word here
> might be.  One commentary I have says it means  "House of  
> Provisioning" (Austin
> Farrer) and another says "House of Fishermen"  (John Donahue & Daniel
> Harrington) -- and all the rest that I have say  nothing about the  
> meaning of the name
> at all.
>
> I'd be glad to hear what you think.  (I ask this on the B-Hebrew  
> list,  even
> though "Bethsaida" appears only in the Greek, because it's obvious  
> a Hebrew
> name.  Hope this isn't a problem.)
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> John
>
>
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