Biblical Hebrew Forum

[c stirling bartholomew <cc.constantine AT worldnet.att.net>]

on 1/23/03 11:17 AM, watts-westmaas wrote:

> So back to BRCH;  If the whole concept of 'To Be Blessed' is entwined within
> the image of being kept washed, kept refreshed, kept re-vitalised and kept
> pure, then this can be deduced from its root with 'A Spring' and the images
> connected with that - a fountain within created from above to be shared, if
> however its root is consistent with 'To Kneel' then one is left with other
> images of kneeling in order to receive something from someone greater than
> yourself.  Language is, after all, about the communication of mental
> pictures and feelings and words are simply the means by which we TRY to do
> this.

This may be what one is taught in homiletics but it is a prime example of
what is not permitted in lexical semantics.

greetings, clay

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Clayton Stirling Bartholomew
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