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  • From: Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>
  • To: Karl Randolph <kwrandolph AT email.com>
  • Cc: Hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Proverbs 30:19 (LMH
  • Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 10:30:01 -0700

On 30/09/2003 10:21, Karl Randolph wrote:

To All:

After writing a note last night questioning if some of the lexemes in the
dictionary are merely alternate spellings, does it make sense that I should
come on today asking if we should add one? Especially when in this case I
don’t have an alternate spelling to back me up?

While reading Proverbs 30 this morning, it struck me that the last of the
four objects moving is that of the conquering fellow “into the unknown”. A
possible pronunciation being “derek geber be‘alumah”.

Linguistically, the proposed (LMH “‘alumah” comes from the root (LM meaning
“to be unknown or make unknown”, so the meaning fits.

Psychologically, there is a constant desire of men to challenge the unknown,
whether it is to explore new frontiers, make new discoveries or invent that
which has not appeared before.

So here I have the parallelism of the context in the verse, linguistic
possibility and psychological insight that suggests that (LMH read as
“‘alumah” “unknown” is a proper lexeme that fits this verse.

Even this question is my road into the unknown and youall keep shooting me
down often enough, but I’m learning. :-)

Karl W. Randolph.

Karl, what have you against the traditional translation "the way of a man with a maiden"? No need to invent a new lexeme, we have the well-known 'alma = young woman, virgin. Sounds like it fits the context very well - at least to me whose lack of success means that this way remains a mystery to me :-( ;-)

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Peter Kirk
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