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The Septuagint translates the word yayin as oinos in Isaiah 16:10 where a substance that could not possibly be alcoholic is mentioned.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Liberty University De-Recognizes Democratic Club: 2009
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Even in my early childhood, I noticed resemblances between certain Hebrew words and their English counterparts: camel is gamal, wine is yayin, and earth is eretz.
Archive 2009-04-01 Kylopod 2009
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Even in my early childhood, I noticed resemblances between certain Hebrew words and their English counterparts: camel is gamal, wine is yayin, and earth is eretz.
The line between cranks and scholars Kylopod 2009
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To quote the OED on "wine", "the nature of the connexion of the Indo-Eur. words with the Semitic Arab., Ethiopic wain, Hebrew yayin, Assyrian înu is disputed."
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Otherwise, though, yayin stam may be on the menu for some meals.
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Watch out, the word is that women workers often sneak in a little yayin nesach at the counter.
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Therefore, to ensure that the wine that we use for our rituals was never intended for any other religious rituals, and to ensure that it was specifically intended for Jewish rituals, we don’t use yayin stam.
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The common Hebrew word for wine is yayin, from a root meaning
Easton's Bible Dictionary M.G. Easton 1897
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"The wine [yayin] is red; it is full of mixture [mesekh];" Prov.
Easton's Bible Dictionary M.G. Easton 1897
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Chapter xlviii, 33: “And I have caused wine (yayin) to fail from the wine-presses.”
Personal Experience of a Physician Ellis, John, 1815-1896 1892
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