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  • From: Trevor Peterson <06PETERSON AT cua.edu>
  • To: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: RE: h'lhym
  • Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2002 09:12:02 -0400


>===== Original Message From Peter Kirk <Peter_Kirk AT sil.org> =====
>The raw data certainly shows a decided shift from ELOHIM towards
>HA'ELOHIM in prose (not in poetry, except perhaps Ecclesiastes) in the
>books traditionally considered post-exilic.

This exception would make sense, in light of the diminished use of the
article
in poetry overall. (Ecclesiastes probably falls somewhere between poetry and
prose.)

Trevor Peterson
CUA/Semitics





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