Biblical Hebrew Forum

[K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>]

Yigal:
Possibly, we don't have a history to verify it.

The main reason for mentioning it is because the use of CYD for provisions
long predates any possible date for the founding of Bethsaida, so that by
the time that happened, provisions may have been the main idea behind the
name, hunting possibly not in the picture.

Karl W. Randolph.

On Sun, Feb 1, 2009 at 11:48 AM, Yigal Levin <leviny1 AT mail.biu.ac.il> wrote:

> 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