Re: Mitzrayim (was: New To List)

Earlier today, I wrote:

> On 14 Feb, Steg Belsky wrote:
>
> > Wow, i never knew ZRHh has anything to do with "red"... what words based
> > on the root have that meaning?  I always thought the basic meaning was
> > "shine".
>
> These days, none that I know of. Most words today derive from z-r-x's
> meaning of "shine" or light". There seems to be one reference, though,
> in masechet Shevi'it, where the word |misheyazrixu| refers to the
> reddening of the sky at dawn, before the sun has risen or anything is
> shining.
    My memory has been nagging me all day, soI looked up the citation
(Mishna, masechet Shevi'it, chap. 4, mishna 7)
and I have to admit to having misled you all this morning. :-(
(Thus showing that it's not too good an idea to cite things
from memory, especially when you are in a hurry, as I was
this morning!)
    I  now have the text open before me, and the word
|misheyazrixu| does not refer to any condition of the sky.
Rather it refers to unripe figs that have turned a reddish color.

Dan Sulani
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