04-10-2011, 11:43 PM
Perhaps you have heard this, but many in the Messianic/Netzari community say that this "rooster" is not referring to the animal but rather the "temple crier." Even the most adamant in this line of argument cannot dispute the fact that the text literally reads as rooster, so you may have something even from that perspective. I'm no expert, but I believe the Aramaic word here, [font="Estrangelo (V1.1)"]fgnrt[/font], is derived from [font="Estrangelo (V1.1)"]Jrt[/font] meaning beacon, pole (See Strong's Hebrew 8650) and [font="Estrangelo (V1.1)"]fg[/font] meaning to reveal (See Strong's Hebrew 1540,1541). Perhaps this can give some more weight to the aforementioned argument. An interesting side-note: it appears that the Latin word gallus seems to be related to [font="Estrangelo (V1.1)"]fg[/font].