[b-hebrew] Genesis 22 fragment: "my son"?
Peter Kirk
peterkirk at qaya.org
Thu Mar 18 12:33:06 EST 2004
On 18/03/2004 09:09, Dave Washburn wrote:
>On Thursday 18 March 2004 05:50, Peter Kirk wrote:
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>>... I would suggest a retelling of verse 6: Abraham says
>>to ישחק בנו Y#XQ BNW "his son Isaac": קח את האש QX )T H)#, "take the wood".
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>Um, wouldn't QX )T H)# actually be "take the fire"? i.e. the torch for
>lighting the sacrifice...
>
>Regards,
>Sir Nitpick
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Of course! My reconstruction should have been קח את העצים QX )T H(CYM
"take the wood", as in Genesis this is what Isaac actually took.
I assume your nitpicking, and your own posting, implies general
agreement with the rest of my posting.
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Peter Kirk
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