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  • From: "Jonathan D. Safren" <yonsaf AT beitberl.beitberl.ac.il>
  • To: "Lewis Reich" <lbr AT sprynet.com>, "Biblical Hebrew" <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: Rahab (was: `ad hayom hazeh)
  • Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2000 22:08:37 +0200



----- Original Message -----
From: Lewis Reich <lbr AT sprynet.com>
To: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2000 8:35 AM
Subject: Re: Rahab (was: `ad hayom hazeh)
>
> Actually "zonah" does also grammatically mean one who provides food,
> it's a homonym for the word that means "whore".
>


How can zonah grammatically mean this? The root of zonah is znh, while the
root of mazon, "food", is zwn.
Yours,
Jonathan D. Safren





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