Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Irene Riegner <iriegner AT concentric.net>]

Andrew Smith wrote
 
> The word for noon in
> Hebrew, tzohorayim, is plural.
 
Looks to me like dual.

"Afternoon" means more than "noon" ;  it's an expanse of time.  And the dual would fit in with the rabbinic explanation:  As the sun moves in the afternoon, one sees shadows first on the west and then on the east---two positions for shadows (plus the incremental positions in-between).

regards,

irene riegner

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from emptiness;  whatever is form, that is emptiness, whatever is emptiness, that is form, the same is true of
feelings, perceptions, impulses and consciousness.
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