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- From: George Athas <George.Athas AT moore.edu.au>
- To: B-Hebrew Hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] b-hebrew Digest, Vol 125, Issue 24
- Date: Wed, 15 May 2013 08:22:46 +0000
Not quite so simple as that, Jonathan. First, your take is possible, but certainly not easy or obvious. The connection with עין is not obvious—in fact, it's rather tenuous. There are two nuns in the root, not one, nor a single doubled nun. This makes it
vastly different to the noun עין ('eye'), which requires the yodh in it and only one nun. There is no indication whatsoever of a yodh or a vestige of one in ענן. Furthermore, the information from HALOT needs to be dealt with if your view is correct. I'm not
sure how you would counter those details with your theory on this one. I have no idea about the Swahili connection, so I can't comment on that, but the עין connection seems a stretch.
GEORGE ATHAS
Dean of Research,
Moore Theological College (moore.edu.au)
Sydney, Australia
From: Jonathan Mohler <jonathan.mohler AT gmail.com>
Date: Wednesday, 15 May 2013 2:24 AM To: Mike Burke <michaelgburk AT yahoo.com>, Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>, B-Hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org> Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] b-hebrew Digest, Vol 125, Issue 24 I don't see the mystery here. מעונן M-ONEN has to do with
seeing in the future. It has an ayin and a nun. So it must be related to עין (ayin, eye. How hard is that?
(ayin words are common in other language groups. Swahili, for example, has
ona, see.
Jonathan E. Mohler
Baptist Bible Graduate School
Springfield, MO
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