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  • From: Jim West <jwest AT highland.net>
  • To: Mark Markham <markhamm AT topsurf.com>
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu
  • Subject: Re: 40 days/nights
  • Date: Fri, 24 Sep 1999 20:35:00 -0400


At 12:15 AM 9/25/99 +0200, you wrote:
>What is the understanding of the number 40 as an idiom meaning a long time
>in Biblical Hebrew. Is this understanding legit?

yes- its merely a formulaic way of saying "a long time". See any commentary
on, for instance, the 40 years in the wilderness.

>
>Should 40 days/nights be taken as lit. or as an idiom or both?

as a way of saying "a long time".

jim

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