Biblical Hebrew Forum

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

Absolutely not.

Isaac Fried, Boston University


On Jan 21, 2009, at 10:57 AM, JimStinehart AT aol.com wrote:

> Karl wrote:  “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.”