[Avodah] Fw: Word Choshen

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From: Leonard Levy 
Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2009 17:24:29 
To: <rabbirichwolpoe at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Word Choshen

BDB has following for root chet, shin, nun : " (...meaning not certain;
Arabic *chasuna* is *be excellent, beautiful*; *chusn* *beauty, all
excellence; *hence pss. çùï [choshen -mb] either as chief ornament
of ephod, or as the most excellent, precious article of high priest's
attire)."

Indeed the root chet sin nun in Arabic is the very common word for beauty,
which is the meaning of the name "chasan", and even more popular in the
diminuitive form "chusein".
Of course, chet is pronounced in arabic as "het", but so as to be clear
that it was a chet (not a heh), I transcribed with ch.

Hope this helps,
Len