Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>]

On 18/03/2004 09:09, Dave Washburn wrote:

> On Thursday 18 March 2004 05:50, Peter Kirk wrote:
>  
>
> > ... I would suggest a retelling of verse 6: Abraham says
> > to ישחק בנו Y#XQ BNW "his son Isaac": קח את האש QX )T H)#, "take the wood".
> >    
>
> Um, wouldn't QX )T H)# actually be "take the fire"?  i.e. the torch for 
> lighting the sacrifice...
>
> Regards,
> Sir Nitpick
>
>  
Of course! My reconstruction should have been קח את העצים QX )T H(CYM 
"take the wood", as in Genesis this is what Isaac actually took.

I assume your nitpicking, and your own posting, implies general 
agreement with the rest of my posting.

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