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  • From: ben.crick AT argonet.co.uk (Ben and Jo Crick)
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  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] “stones” in Exodus 1:16
  • Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 23:12:05 +0100

On Wed 30 Jul 2003 (14:25:54), kwrandolph AT email.com wrote:
> Exodus 1:16 seems to use stones in a very colloquial way to refer to
> a body part, identical as we do in English. Do I read this correctly?
> Out of the 126 times stones is used in plural, this is the only such
> use.

Karl,

You must be referring to Leviticus 21:20
... 'oW M:RoWaX 'a$eK
... or hath his stones broken (KJV); ... or damaged testicles (NIV).

'eBeN is a stone; 'e$eK is a testicle. It seems to be a hapax in BHS.

Do you really mean Exodus 1:16?

Shalom
Ben
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