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broadaxe · 7th December 2009, 05:06 PM

That palm is called shibr or shiber in Arabic and modern Hebrew, hence the term shibriyah which stands for the traditional dagger of the bedouins. According the arab folklore it indicates the lenght of the blade.

7th December 2009, 05:06 PM	#6
broadaxe Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 334	That palm is called shibr or shiber in Arabic and modern Hebrew, hence the term shibriyah which stands for the traditional dagger of the bedouins. According the arab folklore it indicates the lenght of the blade.