Biblical Hebrew Forum

[ben.crick AT argonet.co.uk (Ben Crick)]

On Tue 29 Dec 98 (19:34:50), iriegner AT concentric.net wrote:
> Ro'eh, referring to a seer, and ro'eh, referring to a herdsman, come
> from different roots.  The root of the first, "to see," is resh-alef-he
> and the root of the second is resh-ayin-he.

 Dear Irene,

 Thanks for the correction!   I must be getting old...  8-)

 I think I had YHWH YiR'eH (medial 'alef, Genesis 22:14) in my subconscious.

 Happy New Year 1999 to y'all

 Ben
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