Jewish%20thought for Pesachim 99:18

ושמו אחד מאי אחד אטו האידנא לאו שמו אחד הוא

and then Judah went and married [a Canaanite]! Rather, said R'Simeon B'Lakish: [It means] the daughter of a merchant, as it is written, As for the trafficker [kena'an], the balances of deceit are in his hand,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Hos. XII, 8.');">²⁰</span> Alternatively, I can quote this: Whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers [kin'anehah] are the honourable of the earth.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Isa. XXIII, 8.');">²¹</span>

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