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  • From: Peter_Kirk AT sil.org
  • To: b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu
  • Subject: Re[2]: Idioms
  • Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1998 12:31 -0500 (EST)


Surely the point with these idioms is that this is a word play. The
baker, hearing "lift up your head", the same words given to the
cupbearer, is at first encouraged that he will also be restored like
the cupbearer to whom the same words had been addressed. See v.16a:
the baker knew how Joseph had encouraged the cupbearer and hoped for
the same for himself. But then comes the sting: the lifting of his
head will be literal.

So the similar examples Brent is looking for are well-known word plays
e.g. Jeremiah 1:11,12; Amos 8:1,2.

Peter Kirk



  • Idioms, Brent Lynn Emery, 11/23/1998
    • <Possible follow-up(s)>
    • Re: Idioms, Lewis Reich, 11/23/1998
    • Re[2]: Idioms, Peter_Kirk, 11/24/1998

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