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  • From: Cindy Smith <cms AT dragon.com>
  • To: B-HEBREW AT FRANKLIN.OIT.UNC.EDU
  • Cc: cms AT dragon.com
  • Subject: Re: Jeremiah 1:11-12
  • Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 14:38:14 -0500


>From: MX%"jeremy AT fish.pair.com" "Jeremy Sasser" 23-AUG-2000 10:03:06.62
>To: MX%"b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu"
>Subj: Jeremiah 1:11 & 12

>From: "Jeremy Sasser" <jeremy AT fish.pair.com>
>To: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
>Subject: Jeremiah 1:11 & 12
>Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 16:15:46 -0700

>Hello,

>I would like to start a new thread, if I may...

>I came across these verses, Jeremiah 1:11 & 12, yesterday and the Hebrew =
>aspect is fascinating. The Hebrew word used for almond is shaked and =
>for watching is shoked. I understand that those two hebrew words share =
>same root: SH-K-D. (please forgive me for not using standard =
>characters.) What I would like to do is to understand the significant =
>of those two words. Is YHWH playing with words or is YHWH using almond =
>as a visual representation of watching? Are there any good commentaries =
>on this?

The New American Bible has a note on this passage: "The
watching-tree: the almond tree, which is the first to blossom in the
springtime as though it had not slept. The Hebrew name contains a
play on words with 'I am watching.'"

>Thanks,

>Jeremy


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  • Re: Jeremiah 1:11-12, Cindy Smith, 08/23/2000

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