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  • From: Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>
  • To: Mike Burke <michaelgburk AT yahoo.com>
  • Cc: B-Hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] ובלחם
  • Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2013 12:32:01 -0400

Not at all. Not even that אבק ABAK is 'dust, powder' and also 'struggle'. 
The "explanation" for this apparent anomaly, that wrestling 
is a dusty business, is in my opinion silly. 

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On Apr 11, 2013, at 1:09 AM, Mike Burke wrote:

this word is derived from a word meaning "fight," or "war."

Doesn't that seem kinda odd?




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