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  • From: "Kevin W. Woodruff" <cierpke AT utc.campuscw.net>
  • To: George Athas <gathas AT mail.usyd.edu.au>
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu
  • Subject: Re: Xerem
  • Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 17:05:57 -0500


George:

This is a notoriously hard word. I would suggest that the noun form would
best be translated by "devoted" or "devoted things" and the verb by
"destroy" as is done by NIV

At 08:51 AM 1/25/99 +1100, you wrote:
>Does anyone have a good way of translating Hebrew XEREM, and the verbs
>associated with it (mostly in the Hiphil I think) into nice English
>equivalents? A word which captures the various aspects of XEREM?
>
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  • Xerem, George Athas, 01/24/1999
    • <Possible follow-up(s)>
    • Re: Xerem, Kevin W. Woodruff, 01/24/1999

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