1) felešet and te’amenu are cognates with ge'ez. The latter as is, and the former, felasi refers to monks or those who wander without possessions, and falasha is the old pejorative for the bete israel ethiopian jews.
2) Alexander of Macedon is a yuge and hilarious dig.
3) If we count the dialect of Arabic you speak and the formal fusha, you too are a pentaglossos.
1) felešet and te’amenu are cognates with ge'ez. The latter as is, and the former, felasi refers to monks or those who wander without possessions, and falasha is the old pejorative for the bete israel ethiopian jews.
2) Alexander of Macedon is a yuge and hilarious dig.
3) If we count the dialect of Arabic you speak and the formal fusha, you too are a pentaglossos.
To second your point about the feleštim, in the LXX they are referred to as αλλοφυλοι — the other tribes. I.e. outsiders/ strangers.
This, akhi, is why lexicography is so critical and desperately needed. These connections are invaluable. Thank you for sharing!
my pleasure!
בַּרְזֶל בְּבַרְזֶל יָחַד; וְאִישׁ, יַחַד פְּנֵי-רֵעֵהוּ
as iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens the face of his friend