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  • From: Deborah Millier <deborahmillier AT yahoo.com>
  • To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [b-hebrew] Re: Proverbs 30:19
  • Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2003 12:28:23 -0700 (PDT)

K. Randolph wrote to P. Kirk:

> I still don’t see the
> parallelism when [‘almah]
> “virgin” is used, but
> at least I think I know
> how you approach this verse.
> Correct me if I am wrong,
> I think you are looking at
> it with the focus on the
> object (heavens, bare rock,
> sea, virgin) while I’m
> looking at it with the
> emphasis on the action
> (flight of the eagle,
> snake crossing bare rock,
> ship sailing in sea, man
> going in unknown). As
> long as I understood it
> as “virgin”, the parallelism
> based on action broke down
> and I was unsatisfied
> with every answer I got.
> But when I realized that
> with different points
> the word could mean “unknown”,
> then the parallelism
> throughout the verse fits.

Me-thinks that if you call to mind the action of
gliding-type undulation you will see that the
parallelism fits just fine--even employing the
standard understanding of ALMAH.

-- Michael Millier

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