Biblical Hebrew Forum

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

To All:

After writing a note last night questioning if some of the lexemes in the 
dictionary are merely alternate spellings, does it make sense that I should 
come on today asking if we should add one? Especially when in this case I 
don’t have an alternate spelling to back me up?

While reading Proverbs 30 this morning, it struck me that the last of the 
four objects moving is that of the conquering fellow “into the unknown”. A 
possible pronunciation being “derek geber be‘alumah”.

Linguistically, the proposed (LMH “‘alumah” comes from the root (LM meaning 
“to be unknown or make unknown”, so the meaning fits.

Psychologically, there is a constant desire of men to challenge  the unknown, 
whether it is to explore new frontiers, make new discoveries or invent that 
which has not appeared before.

So here I have the parallelism of the context in the verse, linguistic 
possibility and psychological insight that suggests that (LMH read as 
“‘alumah” “unknown” is a proper lexeme that fits this verse.

Even this question is my road into the unknown and youall keep shooting me 
down often enough, but I’m learning.    :-)

Karl W. Randolph.
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