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  • From: Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>
  • To: JimStinehart AT aol.com
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Jacob-El
  • Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 11:09:45 -0500

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.”




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