The Quranic word Lahm/Lahma

Submitted by dhimmi no more (United States), Jun 4, 2017 at 12:40

Hi Sara

It is indeed puzzling that al-Mufasereen tell us that the Arabic word لحم or Lahm means meat And in Q2:173 the author of the Qur'an prohibits consuming لحم الخنزير which was read by al-Tabari as the meat of the pig

If we turn to Syriac and read the word in its Syriac form it would be ܠܰܚܡܳܐ or Lakhma or bread not meat
But the word ܠܰܚܡܳܐ can also be read as meal

http://www.assyrianlanguages.org/sureth/dosearch.php?searchkey=6753&language=id

I believe that the Quranic لحم الخنزير means the pig's meal and bread was the center of the meal in the Semitic world and it does not mean the meat of the pig as we are told by al-Mufasreen

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