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  • From: "Yigal Levin" <leviny1 AT mail.biu.ac.il>
  • To: "b-hebrew" <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Exodus 25:3
  • Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2004 22:12:40 +0200


----- Original Message -----
From: <jason AT hareplay.com>

> No, Alfred, M)T would always mean "from" (or a synonym).
>
> VZ)T HTRWMH )$R TQXW M)TM.
> V'zot hat'ruma asher tik'xu mei'itam.
> וזאת התרומה אשר תקחו מאתם
> "And this is the portion that they took from them...."
>
I'm sure you mean "And this is the portion that you shall take from them".
But M)T certainly does mean "from".

By the way, why is "terumah" a "portion" rather than a "gift" or a
"contribution"? Literally it means "something that is raised".

Yigal






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