Biblical Hebrew Forum

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

The fraction PAR of PARDES is possibly 'fore', to wit: 'in front,  
around'. This 'fore' is also found, methinks, in PARBAR פרבר,  
פרוור, the localities in front or around a core city, the suburbs  
= sub-urbs, which the Germans call Vororts = Vor-orts. It is also  
found, methinks in (from Greek?) PARGOD פרגוד, etc.

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On Mar 9, 2011, at 12:58 AM, David Kolinsky wrote:

> I find the assertion that  PaRDaeS (פרדס) is a loan word to be  
> quite absurd given that if it is related to any Hebrew word, it  
> would be related to פרד