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  • From: "Maurice A. O'Sullivan" <mauros AT iol.ie>
  • To: "Yigal Levin" <leviny1 AT mail.biu.ac.il>
  • Cc: b-hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] BLG in Jer. 8:18
  • Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 17:58:44 +0100

At 08:18 27/07/2004, Yigal Levin wrote:

The Jewish commentators, such as Kimhi, seem to understand the word as meaning "to hold back", "I hold back my sorrow". This, by the way, is the meaning that has been adopted into modern Hebrew.

So: does BLG mean strength, comfort, cheer, sorrow or holding back?

Yigal:

You may be interested in the following note in:
Swanson, J. (1997). Dictionary of Biblical Languages with Semantic Domains : Hebrew (Old Testament) (electronic ed.) (HGK4443). Oak Harbor: Logos Research Systems, Inc.

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_mabligit_
note: text considered difficult to derive meaning by commentators, for text solutions other than MT, see bhs ftn, and WBC25:137; 2. LN 25.146-25.155 comfort, encouragement as an attitude or emotion (Jer 8:18+), note: context would not support well this meaning, see prior entry, or emend text <<

And long before that dictionary appeared, BDB cast doubt on the text: >>Je 8:18 a source of brightening to me in sorrow; but text dub<<.

Maurice A. O'Sullivan [ Bray, Ireland ]
mauros AT iol.ie






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