Towards a Talmudic Lexicon: The Aramaic Root ק.פ.י / q.f.y in the Light of a Story from the Babylonian Talmud

Authors

  • Uri Zur Ariel University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3989/sefarad.016.007

Keywords:

Babylonian Talmud, Tractate Eruvin, Lexicon

Abstract


The tractate Eruvin of the Babylonian Talmud cites three stories, presented as a single concatenated whole, with all three sharing a single feature: they all have recourse to “language of wisdom” as a medium ascribed to each protagonist. The present article focuses on the first story in isolation from the others, placing emphasis on the Aramaic root ק.פ.י / q.f.y as a special case in connection with studying, on the basis of which the Aramaic word ve-titqfey is formed.

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Published

2016-06-30

How to Cite

Zur, U. (2016). Towards a Talmudic Lexicon: The Aramaic Root ק.פ.י / q.f.y in the Light of a Story from the Babylonian Talmud. Sefarad, 76(1), 197–209. https://doi.org/10.3989/sefarad.016.007

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