Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Paul Zellmer <zellmer AT cag.pworld.net.ph>]

Andrew,

I saw Kevin's response, but I thought that Holladay (which is based on
the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd editions of K-B, and copyrighted
1988, with corrections in 1991) was a bit more clear:

(beaten, [metal]) <bold> plate, firmament <unbold> (i.e., vault of
heaven, understood as a solid dome) Gn 1.6

HTH,

Paul

Andrew Kulikovsky wrote:

> Does anyone here have the latest English edition of Kohler-Baumgardner? Or
> anything else comparable? I am after the most accurate definition of the
> semantic range of RaQiYa but I only have BDB and TWOT.
>
> The LXX renders it as STEREOMA, and BDB gives firmanent as a possible
> rendering, suggesting that it is firm and solid, but TWOT suggests that this
> is an import of Greek cosmology from the time the LXX was put together.
>
> cheers,
> Andrew
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