From: Kimmo Huovila <kimmo.huovila AT helsinki.fi>
To: b-hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: To be born of water
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 05:18:36 +0300
Someone said (with reference to John 3:5) that in Hebrew 'to be born of
water' was a (relatively common) idiom referring to natural birth. Could
someone either confirm or refute this?