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  • From: Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>
  • To: rob acosta <robacosta AT hotmail.com>
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Israel Palaistes (Wrestler)
  • Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 20:33:01 -0500

I would be careful in reaching the conclusion that PL$ is specifically 'invade' in its modern sense. It could mean just 'spread, roll over', as in Micha 1:10, being a variant of PLS as in Ps. 78:50.

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On Feb 14, 2012, at 3:49 PM, rob acosta wrote:

Both groups were considered to be "invaders" or "philistines" to the Hebrews just as any number of peoples were"barbarians" to the ancient Greeks.





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