Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Karl Randolph" <kwrandolph AT email.com>]

Peter:

The reason I mentioned YWMM is because it is not used in this verse. 
Therefore I expected that the use of “day day”, “day to day” has a different 
meaning.

Come to think of it, “yat yat” with both a low tone in Cantonese means “every 
day”, so I wonder if the ancient Hebrew YWM YWM has a similar meaning, in 
this case “each day”? It fits the grammatical structure and the context. Come 
to think of it, is there an ancient Hebrew word for “each”? If not, is there 
any reason to say that the doubling of a noun carries that meaning?

The other option as I see it is that the day pours forth speech to day, which 
I find somewhat improbable due to the context of the following verses.

Karl W. Randolph.

----- Original Message -----
From: Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>

> On 23/09/2003 11:24, Karl Randolph wrote:
>
> >Look at the context. In verse two we have the heavens recounting and the 
> expanse setting forth (as in reporting), then in verse three the day makes 
> speech flow forth and the night declares knowledge.
> >  
> >
> You may be right, but see below.
>
> >...
> >Agreed, “each day” is usually used adverbially, but not always.
> >
> >YWMM is the word for “daily”
> >  
> >
> And "daily" is the English for YWMM. So let's turn your logic round. 
> Look and an English version: "The firmament proclaims the work of his 
> hands and day by day pours forth speech". By you argument, since "daily" 
> is the English for YWMM, in my English sentence the first "day" must be 
> the subject of "pours". But is that correct?
>
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