Saturday, May 18, 2024

Note on Genesis 14:18 in the Peshitta

In the Peshitta of Gen 14:18, the text reads:

 



wmlkyzdq mlk shlym. ʾpq lḥmʾ wḥmrʾ. whw kwmrʾ hwʾ dʾlhʾ mrymʾ

 

What is interesting is that, in this verse, Melchizedek is called a kwmr', the Syriac cognate of Hebrew komer (כמר), not cohen (כהן).


 Further Reading:


The Use of כמר KMR at Elephantine and the Etymology of "Cumorah"


J. Glen Taylor on כֹּמֶר KMR


Hans Walter Wolf on כמר KMR