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From: Brandon Wirick <brandon@yrick.com>
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Subject: [lojban] Re: Frankincense and Lebanon
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The Hebrew for both "frankincense" and "Lebanon" come from a word
meaning "white," so probably not. I don't know if you're going for
symbollic significance in your translation, but if so, frankincense
tends to be associated in the Bible with priests.

mu'omi'e.uirik.

On 9/16/05, Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.hn.org> wrote:
> I'm reviewing the translation of the Song of Solomon. In chapter 3
> frankincense and Lebanon are mentioned. The words are similar in Hebrew
> (lvonah, Lvanon) and may be identical in Greek (libanos or libanon - I can't
> tell which). Does frankincense have anything to do with Lebanon, such that it
> could be called {lubnypanci}?
> 
> phma
> 
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