Biblical Hebrew Forum

[CS Bartholomew <jacksonpollock AT earthlink.net>]

On 3/11/04 3:10 AM, "Søren Holst" <sh AT teol.ku.dk> wrote:

> That would be the "yetzer ha-ra", I assume; yod-tsade-resh as in Gen 6,5 and
> 8,21, which is probably where the expression originates, although the
> technical term seems to be first found in Mishna Abot 2,11 and Tosefta Baba
> Qama 9,31.
> 
> (this is just concordance work - some of the jewish list members are bound 
> to
> have preciser info)

George,

More concordance work, take a look at Mishna Berakot 9:5.


greetings,
Clay Bartholomew