Subject: [b-hebrew] Etymology of Nazarene or Nazareth ?
Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2012 14:05:30 -0700 (PDT)
Stephen, According to the latest edition of Even Shoshan Heb.-Heb.
dictionary, the first Hebrew occurrence is in the Book of Yosippon, a
chronicle of Jewish history to the time Titus. Written between eighth and
tenth centuries CE.
In the HB the root may be recognized in the name ASA ( Aleph Samekh Aleph).
Uri Hurwitz
Uri, Can you (or anyone) give one example where "their name appears" so
spelled earlier than modern times?