The "etymology" of biblical names is a risky affair inasmuch as a
name is not a word, and may well be a composition. I, nevertheless,
venture to suggest that QNIYZIY is from the root QNZ, a variant of
KNS, 'collect', (similar to the present day QNAS, 'monetary fine',
possibly influenced by the Latin 'census'), as opposed to PRIYZIY,
from the root PRZ, 'disperse', which is a member of the root family
ברד, ברז, ברש
פרד, פרז, פרט, פרס, פרץ, פרש
Isaac Fried, Boston University
On Dec 2, 2010, at 1:58 PM, [email protected] wrote:
2. QNZ-Y at Genesis 15: 19: “name of a tribe, meaning
unexplained”. That
’s the finest etymology there is?
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