You see what happens when a person quickly scans a return from an electronic
search. I should have double checked before posting.
However, when looking at the context of the nouns, the two occurances in Job
and the one in Numbers 32:41 refers to the same thing, while Ill agree upon
more careful checking the context that the other two come from seal(ring).
In all three cases, the noun has a third person plural suffix and in the case
in Numbers the noun is plural as well.
When I look at the contexts of the name XWT Y)YR I noticed that they were
listed as cities, not just encampments. Is this a holdover from an older
name, sort of like Fort Laramy and other such names in the U.S., or does it
refer to something more than just a military encampment?
Karl W. Randolph.
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From: Noam Eitan <noameitan AT yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2003 17:01:39 -0700 (PDT)
To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: [b-hebrew] meaning of XWT
> It means a camp, conjugated as a construct noun. In Numbers 32:41 it is
> used as such, as well as a free standing noun. But all the other examples
> you gave are of a different word altogether, xwtm (chotam - a signet ring)
> - the root is xtm, not xwh as in xwt.
>
> Noam Eitan
> Brooklyn, NY
>
>
> >In the dictionaries I have XWT [chawat] is listed merely as a name, and
> most of the time in Tanakh it is used as one, as part of the name XWT
> Y)YR, the name of a town east of the Jordan.
>
> However, in five verses, Numbers 32:41, Ezekiel 28:12, Haggai 2:23,
> Job 38:14, 41:15 I noticed that it is used apart from the name of the
> town. It appears to be something that was built up, not just a natural
> phenomenon. Does anyone have a clue to its meaning?
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> Karl W. Randolph.
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