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  • From: yochanan bitan <ButhFam AT compuserve.com>
  • To: b-hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: re: 'el 'elohim-->'elohim?
  • Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1999 13:38:20 -0500



re: elohim as plural form for singular==

be`alim and adonim are also used as "singulars" and refer to people.

this has a very interesting development in mishnaic hebrew.
for those interested, see:

randall buth, "luk 19.31-34, mishnaic hebrew, and bible translation: is
kurioi tou pwlou singular?"
journal of biblical literature [104-4] 1985:680-685

shows unmistakable mishnaic texts with plural verbs used with these idioms
when having singualr meanings. includes biblical hebrew, lxx and aramaic
data.

fyi--still used today in modern hebrew "be`alim" = owner, though back to
biblical, singular grammatical concord.

braxot
randall buth




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