On Jan 15, 2008 8:46 PM, <<a href="mailto:RallisW@aol.com">RallisW@aol.com</a>> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">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?
<br>The word sanin also appears in Bereshis (1:21), "taninim hagedolim.." usually translated as great sea giants. <br></div></blockquote></div><br>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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