Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>]

On 28/02/2004 13:13, Karl Randolph wrote:

> ...
> I can think of two more recent examples of the 
> same pattern: up until a few centuries ago, it 
> was the sign of an educated man that he could 
> speak in Latin, and there are some even today, 
> though I expect there are no more than a few 
> thousand people can speak it fluently. In this 
> regard, Latin is still a living language. ...

It still seems to be assumed that users of the Hebrew Bible know Latin, 
or at least it was when BHS was published 1976/77. Hence Philip's 
problem with "vel".


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