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  • From: Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>
  • To: JimStinehart AT aol.com
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] The Name "Esau"
  • Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2013 22:23:17 -0400

1. Rebekah's family spoke some sort of Hebrew-Aramaic.

2. Their gods were the gods of the east, and they named their 
children after them. All names from that period are theophoric, 
including יצחק IYCXAQ, which I think is a deliberate corruption 
of איש-חק  I$-XAQ or איש-שחק I$-$AXAQ. Recall יששכר which 
is certainly איש-שכר I$-SAKAR.

2. I will listen to your ideas under the condition that you refrain 
from mentioning any other language but Hebrew and Aramaic.

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On Aug 28, 2013, at 5:39 PM, JimStinehart AT aol.com wrote:

how Rebekah would have viewed the name ($W.  Then the meaning and etymology of the name ($W will become clear




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