Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Yigal Levin <leviny1 AT mail.biu.ac.il>]

Karl,

Perhaps it went the other way: CYD first meant "hunting" (not as a sport but 
as a way of providing food), and then the noun Cayyid took on the general 
meaning of "provisions".

Yigal Levin

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "K Randolph" <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>
To: "b-hebrew" <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2009 3:21 PM
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Bethsaida


> Yigal:
>
> If it truly is TsYD the word meant in Beth-saida, I see the possibility 
> that
> it started as a place preparing food for the fishermen and other boatmen.
> Possibly a family business. Then the place grew over time as other fishing
> related business located there.
>
> The word has as its basic root the meaning of getting provisions, such as
> for a journey. It is used that way in Joshua 9. See also Nehemiah 13:15.
> These stories also shows that hunting was not a sport, rather a way of
> getting provisions.
>
> Karl W. Randolph.
>
> On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 11:47 PM, Yigal Levin 
> <leviny1 AT mail.biu.ac.il>wrote:
>
> > It is often assumed that Beth-saida means "House of the hunters", with 
> > the
> > form being Aramaic rather than Hebrew. Assuming the site to be on or near
> > the Sea of Galilee, the "hunters" would actually be fishermen. "Sidon", 
> > the
> > well-know Pheonician port, would be dirived from the same word.
> >
> > Rami Arav, who for years has been excavating a major site just north of 
> > the
> > Sea of Galilee which he identifies as Bethsaida, has also suggested that
> > the
> > "Ziddim Zer" (the Z here stands for Sade, as in Beth-saida and in Sidon)
> > mentioned in Josh 19:35 in the inheretance of Naphtali, is the Iron Age
> > form
> > of the same name, perhaps originally "Hacayyadim".
> >
> > Yigal Levin
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <JBarach AT aol.com>
> > To: <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
> > Sent: Friday, January 16, 2009 3:39 AM
> > Subject: [b-hebrew] Bethsaida
> >
> >
> > >
> > > 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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