Not the same lexeme?
The OT is quite clear that the nation of ?DM is supposed to be named after Esau s nickname ?DM (Gen 36:1 and 36:8). For this to be true, the two words would have to be the exact same lexeme. ...
... Esau s nickname was given to him because he asked his brother for a bowl of ?DM (Gen 25:30). There seems no way to me for someone to be named after a bowl of red stew and that name not being the same lexeme as the red stew. ...
... Three of these words are unquestionable the same lexeme, each being a link in a chain of thing being named after each other, all of which are red. ...
... The only questionable word is ?DMNY which is universally translated in ancient times and modern as red, reddish, or ruddy (e.g., LXX purrakhv, Vulg. rufus). ...
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