To: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: BH- Eccl. 3, stones
Date: Sun, 09 Apr 2000 13:24:33 -0400
I agree, there is nothing unusual with "stones" for testicles. It is just
that I don't remember this usage from anywhere in Hebrew.
Best,
Naama
Cynthia Edenburg wrote:
> > I would never have
> > connected "stones" in Hebrew with testicles, neither in Biblical Hebrew
> > nor in any
> > other period of the language.
> Compare Engl. "nuts", which is not any more transparent.
> Cynthia