To: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: Rahab (was: `ad hayom hazeh)
Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2000 01:35:14 -0500
On 8 Feb 00, at 22:22, John Ronning wrote:
> Probably due to the fact that a prostitute might also be an
> "innkeeper." Maybe so, but that's a different issue than
> what zonah, means, which as you point out is not at all
> doubtful (so it's surprising the NIV even gives it as an
> alternate possibility in a footnote).
Actually "zonah" does also grammatically mean one who provides food,
it's a homonym for the word that means "whore".