My interest in this study, and your opinios truly lies with "yayin", for
traditionally this word has been understood to be wine; however, in Sefer
Bamidbar 6:3 we see the use of "khomets yayin", which some translate as
"vinegar of wine", but could easily be seen as "soured yayin", i.e. "wine",
especially if we look at other Semitic variants of the Hebrew word
"yayin" such as "yin" (in Ugaritic); "wayin" (in Arabic); and "inu" (in
Akkadian).The Arabic variant holds the meaning of "black grape, which could
suggest that "yayin" is merely a type of grape. But then there is the
argument that "yayin" stems from the Hebrew verb "yayan" which means "to
boil up" or "to ferment"
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