To: "'Biblical Hebrew'" <b-hebrew AT franklin.metalab.unc.edu>
Subject: RE: $a(aTnez?
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 14:05:54 +0100
Doesn't look Persian to me. But then Persian has changed a lot in the
2500+ years or whatever since Deut 22:11 and Lev 19:19 were penned. BDB
suggests an Egyptian origin, comparing with Coptic saht (woven) + nudj
(false). I wonder if more recent scholarship can improve on this
suggestion.
Peter Kirk
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lisbeth S. Fried [mailto:lizfried AT umich.edu]
> Sent: 13 August 2002 14:03
> To: Biblical Hebrew
> Subject: $a(aTnez?
>
> What kind of word is $a(atnez?
> Is it Persian? It sure ain't Hebrew, is it?
>
> Liz Fried
>