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Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] TMR T)MR
Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2012 20:36:21 -0400
1. In Judges 4:14 it is ותאמר דבורה WA-TO-MER DBORAH, not WA-
T-DABER DBORAH.
2. We have already mentioned the possibility that the T in TAMAR is
not radical, and we looked at the example of the pairs A$ERAH - TA
$UR, EREZ - TIRZAH, OREN - TOREN. Thus, it is possible that the
essence of her name is MAR or AMAR, but even then, the AMAR is
'lofty, noble' (see Deut. 26:17-18), and has nothing to do with
'saying'. Her key role was, indeed, faithfulness, audacity, and
nobility, not talkatively.
I don't think that the Hebrew bible is playing word games.
Isaac Fried, Boston University
On Aug 19, 2012, at 10:56 AM, jimstinehart AT aol.com wrote: