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Fishy Words (Part I) | The Jewish Press - JewishPress com | Rabbi Reuven Chaim Klein | 16 Sivan 5781 – May 26, 2021

Targumim in translating “ For example, the Talmud ( Kiddushin 25a) relates that the people of a certain town mocked Rav Hamnuna, whose name sounds like “ cham nuna” (hot fish), by calling him “ kar nuna” (cold fish). Rabbi Marcus argues that at the core of “ taninim” (sea-monsters – see Genesis 1:21) is the word “ nun.” In offering this explanation, Rabbi Marcus explicitly rejects scholarly speculation that “ taninim” is a Sanskrit loanword. Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch also suggests that “ tannin” is derived from “ nun” but adds that “ nun” itself is derived from “ nin” (offspring or, in Modern Hebrew, great-grandson). He compares “ nun” to “ dag,” which primarily denotes fecundity, but also carries the additional meaning of fish.

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