Biblical Hebrew Forum

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

1. In Judges 4:14 it is ותאמר דבורה WA-TO-MER DBORAH, not WA- 
T-DABER DBORAH.

2. We have already mentioned the possibility that the T in TAMAR is  
not radical, and we looked at the example of the pairs A$ERAH - TA 
$UR, EREZ - TIRZAH, OREN - TOREN. Thus, it is possible that the  
essence of her name is MAR or AMAR, but even then, the AMAR is  
'lofty, noble' (see Deut. 26:17-18), and has nothing to do with  
'saying'. Her key role was, indeed, faithfulness, audacity, and  
nobility, not talkatively.

I don't think that the Hebrew bible is playing word games.

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On Aug 19, 2012, at 10:56 AM, jimstinehart AT aol.com wrote:

>  TMR = T-)MR