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Re: SahVoNaY

From: "George Athas" <gathas AT globalfreeway.com.au>
To: "Biblical Hebrew" <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: SahVoNaY
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2001 23:18:02 +1100

|[...]
| I was trying to make the text say that Jonah wanted to be lifted up "for all
| to see." It seemed that everytime that form of N&) was used, it implied -
| lift up "for all to see." Now I realize that form is just the 2nd persond
| plural so of course all who lifted would see.

David, I'm curious -- where do you get the "for all to see" idea for the root
nun-sin-aleph?

Best regards,

GEORGE ATHAS
(Sydney, Australia)
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SahVoNaY, The Wilens Family, 01/21/2001
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Re: SahVoNaY, David Stabnow, 01/22/2001
- Re: SahVoNaY, David Stabnow, 01/22/2001
- Re: SahVoNaY, The Wilens Family, 01/24/2001
- Re: SahVoNaY, George Athas, 01/25/2001