Biblical Hebrew Forum

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

Jim:

On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 6:33 AM, <JimStinehart AT aol.com> wrote:

>
> Jacob-El
>
> This is a name never found in the Bible, hence irrelevant to this forum.

The name found in the Bible is simply Y(QB, which is the imperfective
grammatical form of the verb "to be crooked" or "to deal crookedly" as in
being less than honest. A derivative of the same root refers to the ankle,
the permanently crooked part of the leg.


> ...



> The Bible would seem to have near-blanket coverage of the names of all
> cities, towns and important villages in southern Canaan in Biblical times.


This is not true. Plenty of towns were never mentioned or named.


>
> Jim Stinehart
> Evanston, Illinois


Karl W. Randolph.