Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>]

On 16/01/2004 21:44, Karl Randolph wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>
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> > The problem, as I see it, is that George has misrepresented BDB in his 
> > over-enthusiastic abbreviation. The full BDB article is more than three 
> > pages of small print, including short paragraphs describing several of 
> > the senses.
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> >    
> Three pages???!!! I can?t imagine any one lexeme needing anywhere near that 
> much verbiage to explain.
>
> I was always taught that excess verbiage is a sign of sloppy thinking, 
> twisting a thought to try to make it fit a preconcieved pattern or an attempt 
> to decieve. Not knowing the people and giving them the benefit of the doubt, 
> I summarilly rule out the third option, and recognize that often the second 
> option is unconscious without malice, therefore I tend toward some of options 
> one and two.
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Karl, this is not excess verbiage, but detailed analysis of different 
senses and occurrences. Since you don't seem to have read or even 
glanced at the article in question, your accusation of sloppy thinking 
or twisting a thought is nothing short of libellous. Why are you so 
prejudiced against BDB? I recognise that it has its weaknesses. But you 
seem determined not to find anything good in BDB. What is your problem?

So that you have no further excuse for prejudice, I am sending you 
offlist a scan of this BDB article.

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