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- From: Jim West <jwest AT Highland.Net>
- To: b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu
- Subject: re: death...
- Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1999 15:49:07 -0400
At 03:39 PM 10/13/99 -0400, Bryan wrote:
>You don't find English "whenever" to suggest that they would
>die every time they would eat? "Whenever" is neither
>justified in the Hebrew or "world-knowledge." As for the
>vagueness of the beyom + infinitive construction, how about
>Exo 10:28 ki beyom ro'tka panay tamut? Do you suppose
>Pharoah was being vague?
Howdy Bryan,
I take the phrase in question to be the same sort of thing as "40 days".
Its not a literal 40 days; its a simile.
Best,
Jim
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- re: death..., Jim West, 10/13/1999
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