Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Words adopted into Biblical Hebrew Vocabulary
Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2011 18:34:38 -0500
tooki and kof -- parrot and monkey, i believe from King I -- are not hebrew
-- they are from languages on the Indian sub-continent from 2800 years ago.
Uzi Silber
On Sat, Mar 5, 2011 at 5:09 PM, Joseph Roberts
<josephroberts3 AT gmail.com>wrote:
> I was reading a commentary on the Book of Daniel and how there are
> instruments whose names are of Greek origin mentioned in a couple of the
> verses. What I am wondering has anyone done a comprehensive survey of
> foreign words adopted into Biblical Hebrew. What I am most interested in
> finding if these words create an anachronism as far as when the book was
> written and when the book claims to be written.
> -Joseph Roberts
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