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[b-hebrew] Heber's Wife Jael: "Male Ibex"?

From: Randall Buth <randallbuth AT gmail.com>
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Subject: [b-hebrew] Heber's Wife Jael: "Male Ibex"?
Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2011 20:09:30 +0300

>Is the name of Heber?s wife, Y(L, a west Semitic name meaning ?Male Ibex??
Is that a fair reading of the Bible?

No, goats are feminine. Check out עזים. Gen 15.9.

In this case יעל is a female ya`el.
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[b-hebrew] Heber's Wife Jael: "Male Ibex"?, Randall Buth, 10/04/2011
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- Re: [b-hebrew] Heber's Wife Jael: "Male Ibex"?, JimStinehart, 10/04/2011
  - Re: [b-hebrew] Heber's Wife Jael: "Male Ibex"?, Randall Buth, 10/04/2011
    - Re: [b-hebrew] Heber's Wife Jael: "Male Ibex"?, Will Parsons, 10/04/2011
      - Re: [b-hebrew] Heber's Wife Jael: "Male Ibex"?, Randall Buth, 10/05/2011
        
        Re: [b-hebrew] Heber's Wife Jael: "Male Ibex"?, Will Parsons, 10/05/2011
- Re: [b-hebrew] Heber's Wife Jael: "Male Ibex"?, JimStinehart, 10/04/2011
- Re: [b-hebrew] Heber's Wife Jael: "Male Ibex"?, JimStinehart, 10/06/2011
  - Re: [b-hebrew] Heber's Wife Jael: "Male Ibex"?, Isaac Fried, 10/06/2011
    - Re: [b-hebrew] Heber's Wife Jael: "Male Ibex"?, jimstinehart, 10/06/2011
      - Re: [b-hebrew] Heber's Wife Jael: "Male Ibex"?, Isaac Fried, 10/06/2011