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

From: Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>
To: Uri Hurwitz <uhurwitz AT yahoo.com>
Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Heber's Wife Jael: "Male Ibex"?
Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2011 20:16:58 -0400

I would not discount the possibility that the (allegoric?) name YONAH is from the root YNH, 'devious', in contrast with his father's name AMITAY, 'truthful'.
Is RAXEL named for an adult (agile?) sheep? Peut etre oui, peut etre no*.

*Peut-être oui, peut-être non
Voilà ce que tu me réponds
C'est à en perdre la raison
(Peut-être oui, peut-être non)

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On Oct 4, 2011, at 7:35 PM, Uri Hurwitz wrote:

And we have Yona, a man's name formed from a feminine noun.

[b-hebrew] Heber's Wife Jael: "Male Ibex"?, Uri Hurwitz, 10/04/2011
- Re: [b-hebrew] Heber's Wife Jael: "Male Ibex"?, Isaac Fried, 10/04/2011
- Re: [b-hebrew] Heber's Wife Jael: "Male Ibex"?, jimstinehart, 10/04/2011