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  • From: ben.crick AT argonet.co.uk (Ben and Jo Crick)
  • To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Prov 21:4
  • Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2003 22:28:19 +0100

On Tue 15 Jul 2003 (23:59:30), bearpecs AT aol.com wrote:
> My interpretation was that the lamp burns through the night so that
> (a) anyone who awakens has a night light, reflecting her caring even
> while she sleeps; and (b) in the morning, the oven/hearth can be lit
> and the breakfast cooked, baking commence, water heated for washing,
> etc, (all the necessities of a well-ordered household), without
> gathering kindling and rubbing sticks together or going to borrow a
> light from the neighbors.

You're absolutely right; a careless housewife would let the flame go out
overnight, causing much consternation and activity before things can be
got going again the next morning.

This is a beneficent use of a lamp; contrast the malevolent use implied in
Prov 21:4.

Ben
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