Re: [tied] IAPETOS x JAFETH

From: Mordechai Housman
Message: 4395
Date: 2000-10-16

I know only that in Hebrew "Yefes" is related to the Hebrew word for beauty.
 
   Mordechai Housman
 
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From: João Simões Lopes Filho
To: cybalist@egroups.com
Sent: Friday, October 13, 2000 2:34 PM
Subject: [tied] IAPETOS x JAFETH

Is ther any Semitic etymology for Yepheth ? Is it the same as Greek Titan Iapetos? Or perhaps the two people borrowed him from a third mythology?
 
Joao SL
Rio