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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN class=531212215-24082008>It may very well be from the root mwt. Ugaritic
"mt" and Akkadian "mutu" can mean husband or warrior. Egyptian "mt" may be
a loanword from Ethiopic "met", husband. [HALOT,
p.653]</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN class=531212215-24082008>It seems to be used in Biblical Hebrew only in the
plural, so I wonder if it had already become anachronistic and limited to
certain fixed usages.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN class=531212215-24082008>Hayyim</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<P dir=ltr><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face=Arial size=2>Shalom u'vracha
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<P dir=ltr><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face=Arial size=2>In last week's parsha the
word "m'tim" came up, which Rashi explains to mean "anashim".</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P dir=ltr><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face=Arial size=2>What is the shoresh of this
word? Is it related to the expression m'tei mispar? Is it related to
"mavet"? If so, what's the connection?</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P dir=ltr><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face=Arial size=2>KT,</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P dir=ltr><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face=Arial size=2>Shlomo
Godick</FONT></SPAN></P>
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וסודי. המידע מיועד לשימושו של הנמען בלבד. אם קורא הודעה זו אינו הנמען, הננו
מביאים לידיעתו כי כל הפצה, העברה או העתקה של תכתובת זו אסורה בהחלט. אם תכתובת זו
הגיעה אליך בטעות, הנך מתבקש ליידע אותנו בהקדם בדוא"ל, ולמחוק את ההודעה מהמחשב
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