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Re: [b-Hebrew] 22 nd Psalm

From: Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>
To: "David Kimbrough (CLWA)" <dkimbrough AT clwa.org>
Cc: "'b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org'" <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [b-Hebrew] 22 nd Psalm
Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2003 08:53:04 -0800

On 24/11/2003 08:30, David Kimbrough (CLWA) wrote:

... However, translating KRYH as the NIV seems to me to have has
the opposite sense (assuming, as we both do that it does not apply to the
earlobe), piercing the ear results in deafness (a broken eardrum). ...

No, I don't assume this! Of course the awl in Exodus 21:6 (also Deut 15:17) went through the earlobe or perhaps the upper part of the outer ear, not the eardrum. I just said that the purpose was not for wearing earrings.

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Peter Kirk
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[b-hebrew] 22 nd Psalm, David Kimbrough (CLWA), 11/21/2003
- Re: [b-hebrew] 22 nd Psalm, Peter Kirk, 11/21/2003
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- RE: [b-Hebrew] 22 nd Psalm, David Kimbrough (CLWA), 11/21/2003
  - Re: [b-Hebrew] 22 nd Psalm, Peter Kirk, 11/21/2003
- Re: [b-Hebrew] 22 nd Psalm, Jason Hare, 11/22/2003
- RE: [b-Hebrew] 22 nd Psalm, David Kimbrough (CLWA), 11/24/2003
  - Re: [b-Hebrew] 22 nd Psalm, Peter Kirk, 11/24/2003
- RE: [b-Hebrew] 22 nd Psalm, David Kimbrough (CLWA), 11/24/2003
- Re: [b-Hebrew] 22 nd Psalm, Jason Hare, 11/24/2003
  - Re: [b-Hebrew] 22 nd Psalm, Peter Kirk, 11/25/2003