Abstract
There is currently no satisfactory etymology for the hapax legomenon (Hebrew text) rapsodôt in 2Chr 2:15 (Eng. 16), although its meaning is agreed to be »rafts, floats«. It is proposed here that the word comes from the phonetically identical Greek word (Hebrew text) (the ancestor of English rhapsody), which literally means »linked song«. Logs linked together into rafts recalled verses linked together into songs.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 433-438 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Zeitschrift fur die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft |
| Volume | 136 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1 Sep 2024 |
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Keywords
- cedar
- Chronicles
- Greek
- lexicography
- Phoenicians
- sea