News (Media Awareness Project) - US FL: PUB LTE: This Word |
| Title: | US FL: PUB LTE: This Word |
| Published On: | 2003-11-01 |
| Source: | Pensacola News Journal (FL) |
| Fetched On: | 2008-01-19 07:03:05 |
THIS WORD
In reference to Deb Stow ("Different word," Letters, Oct. 13), the
phrase, "kaneh bosm" is the original Hebrew use of our present word
cannabis. It was mistranslated in five locations in the Bible, often
as calamus.
Those five locations are Exodus 30:23; Song of Solomon 4:14; Isaiah
43:24; Jeremiah 6:20; and Ezekiel 27:19. In 1980 Hebrew University in
Jerusalem confirmed this information.
Kaneh bosm was mistranslated to cane or calamus, sweet cane, fragrant
cane or sweet-smelling incense, etc., depending on the
translation.
- - Stan White, Dillon, Colorado
In reference to Deb Stow ("Different word," Letters, Oct. 13), the
phrase, "kaneh bosm" is the original Hebrew use of our present word
cannabis. It was mistranslated in five locations in the Bible, often
as calamus.
Those five locations are Exodus 30:23; Song of Solomon 4:14; Isaiah
43:24; Jeremiah 6:20; and Ezekiel 27:19. In 1980 Hebrew University in
Jerusalem confirmed this information.
Kaneh bosm was mistranslated to cane or calamus, sweet cane, fragrant
cane or sweet-smelling incense, etc., depending on the
translation.
- - Stan White, Dillon, Colorado
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