[Avodah] halaqah
Herbert Basser via Avodah
avodah at lists.aishdas.org
Mon May 11 11:12:16 PDT 2015
Friendly amendment: When all else fails consult a dictionary-- where I found the root h-l-q both in hebrew and in arabic means "to make smooth" (no surprises here) and (surprise) a note after that indicating arabic h-l-q also applies to making the chin and the head smooth (hairless), i.e. "shaving".-- Not from the idea of rounding but from the idea of smoothing. Like in bereshit (27:11) esav was hairy and yaakov halaq.
Zvi
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