[Avodah] Snake or Dragon?

[Saul Guberman]

On Jan 15, 2008 8:46 PM, <RallisW at aol.com> wrote:

> When in Shemos (7:8-13) Moshe and Aharon appear before Paroah and Aharon
> throws down his staff and it turns into a "Sanin" not "Nochosh." Could the
> term sanin refer to a dragon rather than the traditional snake?
> The word sanin also appears in Bereshis (1:21), "taninim hagedolim.."
> usually translated as great sea giants.
>

Rashi translates it as Nachash.  Others(I don't have a Chumash with me)
translate it as crocodile.  Maybe based on "Sanin" being giant creature; the
croc is the giant creature of the Nile.
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