I would not discount the possibility that the (allegoric?) name YONAH
is from the root YNH, 'devious', in contrast with his father's name
AMITAY, 'truthful'.
Is RAXEL named for an adult (agile?) sheep? Peut etre oui, peut etre
no*.
*Peut-être oui, peut-être non
Voilà ce que tu me réponds
C'est à en perdre la raison
(Peut-être oui, peut-être non)
Isaac Fried, Boston University
On Oct 4, 2011, at 7:35 PM, Uri Hurwitz wrote:
And we have Yona, a man's name formed from a feminine noun.