I suspect that the relationship to linen yarn comes by way of thinking about קוה QWH
as a form of קו QAW (related, methinks, to גב GAB, 'high'), 'line', as in 1Ki. 7:23.
A line is but a long piece of linen, a lint, from the latin linum, 'flax', or lana, 'wool'.
A soft string tautly stretched between two points makes a straight (namely, extending continuously in the same direction without curving) line.
Isaac Fried, Boston University
On Jun 30, 2013, at 12:06 AM, Chris Watts wrote:
Oh...that was an eye opener, I read a couple of other translations
and the King James is the only one to say linen yarn. Mmm, I wonder
how on earth those 17th century geniuses arrived at that then?
Thankyou Michael.
Chris Watts
Ireland
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