Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Moshe Shulman <mshulman AT ix.netcom.com>]

At 08:21 PM 1/28/01 -0500, Christine Bass wrote:
> Okay, Moshe, curious minds want to know----what do you understand "betulim"
> mean? And how does your understanding of the word differ from George's---as
> you appear to imply it would---
> and why the difference in interpretation between the two of you?

I have no problem in answering this, however since George did make an 
assertion based on 'knowledge' of Biblical Hebrew I thought that his 
understanding of this word would clarify some things. Obviously there is a 
linguistic relationship between 'betulim' and 'betulah' (Gesinius has the 
following to say under betulim: i.e. stranglae inter primae noctis amplexus 
hymenus scissi sanguine inquinate. Deu. 22:14)

> Thank you for listing the reference sites. Christian posted yesterday that
> the job of good scholarship and exegesis is to be upfront with our point of
> view. This information helps me to understand where you are coming from.

Actually I forgot to list my 'qualifications'. I haven't posted here for a 
while, being busy with other matters, but since I shared Liz' curiousity I 
asked a question (adding some extra information to aid at getting to a 
scholarly solution.)


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