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  • From: "Joel C. Salomon" <joelcsalomon AT gmail.com>
  • To: Biblical Hebrew list <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Definite articles and proper names in B-Hebrew
  • Date: Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:16:59 -0400

James Christian wrote:
> I think you are referring to ויהי איש אחד מן הרמתים צופים which is commonly
> translates as 'And there was a certain man from Ramathaim-Zophim'. I'm
> guessing that you are trying to point out that Ramathaim-Zophim is a proper
> name and yet is used with a definite article?

I have seen this explained (by Malbim, IIRC) that "the Ramathaim" were
twin towns named Ramath.

—Joel Salomon




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