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Re: BDB Abbreviation - was Re: Question on Psalm 18:21

From: "Stephen C. Carlson" <scarlson AT mindspring.com>
To: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: BDB Abbreviation - was Re: Question on Psalm 18:21
Date: Wed, 01 Jan 1997 01:48:10 -0500

At 06:50 PM 11/14/01 +0100, Giuseppe Regalzi wrote:
>Kevin Buchs wrote:
>> I am still looking in BDB for an entry under $WB that will convey
>> the sense of an accusative of reason that David Stabnow suggested.
>> I seem to get hung up on abbreviations I cannot resolve. On p.998b,
>> 6th line from the bottom is "rei". Can someone translate for me.
>
>"Rei" is the latin word "res" ("thing") in the genitive. So "acc.
>pers. + rei" means "accusative of person + accusative of thing".

That's correct. This particular abbreviation is found on BDB's
abbreviation table on page xii under "acc. rei".

Stephen Carlson
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BDB Abbreviation - was Re: Question on Psalm 18:21, Kevin Buchs, 11/13/2001
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Re: BDB Abbreviation - was Re: Question on Psalm 18:21, Kevin W. Woodruff, 11/14/2001
- Re: BDB Abbreviation - was Re: Question on Psalm 18:21, Giuseppe Regalzi, 11/14/2001
- Re: BDB Abbreviation - was Re: Question on Psalm 18:21, Stephen C. Carlson, 11/15/2001