01-13-2009, 06:37 PM
Lars Lindgren Wrote:Paul, maybe you can elaborate on what bar Bahlul writes about qamtza?
Very interesting indeed! bar-Bahlul is defining it not as a "carrot/parsnip", but rather "the hearts of a root in the desert of Marwan mountain" ("lebbawathe de eqra de dabra .... be gezartha de marwan"). I think Payne read "gezara" to mean "carrot", in reality its "gezarta" meaning "island, mountain, etc."
Is there a Marwan in the Judean desert?
+Shamasha Paul bar-Shimun de'Beth-Younan