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Re: [b-hebrew] Proverbs 17:8

From: Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>
To: Yigal Levin <leviny1 AT mail.biu.ac.il>
Cc: b-hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Proverbs 17:8
Date: Tue, 18 May 2004 07:34:27 -0700

On 17/05/2004 13:59, Yigal Levin wrote:

How do you know that the Englich "charm" here means "magic stone"? As for
the Hebrew, there is no reason at all for even xen to mean anything more
than just "a precious stone".

Yigal

The English word "charm", when used as a count noun, as here (at least in NIV) because it is preceded by "a", always has magical connotations. The other, non-magical sense of "charm" as a noun, as in "She had such charm" meaning "She was so charming", cannot be preceded by "a".

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[b-hebrew] Proverbs 17:8, wattswestmaas, 05/17/2004
- Re: [b-hebrew] Proverbs 17:8, Harold R. Holmyard III, 05/17/2004
  - RE: [b-hebrew] Proverbs 17:8, wattswestmaas, 05/17/2004
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- RE: [b-Hebrew] Proverbs 17:8, David Kimbrough (CLWA), 05/17/2004
- Fw: [b-hebrew] Proverbs 17:8, Yigal Levin, 05/17/2004
- Re: [b-hebrew] Proverbs 17:8, Reinier de Blois, 05/17/2004
  - Re: [b-hebrew] Proverbs 17:8, Yigal Levin, 05/17/2004
    - Re: [b-hebrew] Proverbs 17:8, Peter Kirk, 05/18/2004
  - Re: [b-hebrew] Proverbs 17:8, Harold R. Holmyard III, 05/17/2004
- RE: [b-hebrew] Proverbs 17:8, David Kimbrough (CLWA), 05/17/2004
  - Re: [b-hebrew] Proverbs 17:8, Yigal Levin, 05/17/2004
- Re: [b-hebrew] Proverbs 17:8, Yigal Levin, 05/17/2004
- Re: [b-hebrew] Proverbs 17:8, Reinier de Blois, 05/17/2004