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  • From: Pere Porta <pporta7 AT gmail.com>
  • To: K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>
  • Cc: Biblical Hebrew list <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Ecc 9:12
  • Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2012 04:40:32 +0200

Karl,

then....... 'ra'a'. רעה, does not mean "bad" here?

(Of course, this 'bad' is meant for the caught fishes, not for
the fisherman who threw the net into the water -sea or lake or river.....)

Pere Porta
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2012/4/2 K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>

> Pere:
>
> On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 3:56 AM, Pere Porta <pporta7 AT gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> In Ecc 9:12 the "ka daguim shene'eHazym bi-metsodah ra'a..." has
>> indefinite
>> article in "bi-metsodah ra'a" (in a bad net...).
>>
>
> This is not “a bad net”, rather this has the idea of a net to provide food.
>
>
>> Now, in "ba-paH" it has the definite one (in THE trap).
>> Do you think that this definite article in "ba-paH" is good and/or well
>> placed here? Would it not be better "b'-PaH (in A trap)"?
>>
>
> Hebrew sometimes uses a definite article where English uses an indefinite
> article.
>
>
>> My dear Karl Randolph, do you think that Massoretes were mistaken here at
>> pointing the letter "b" with a patah rather than with shewa?
>>
>
> No, for reason listed above. However, the unpointed text could be read
> either way.
>
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> --
>> Pere Porta
>> (Barcelona, Catalonia, Northeastern Spain)
>>
>> Karl W. Randolph.
>
>


--
Pere Porta




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