Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Yigal Levin" <leviny1 AT mail.biu.ac.il>]

The basic meaning of P+R is "broken open". It appears sometimes as a verb
"patar". The form "peter" appears ONLY in connection to the first born -
first that "breaks open" the womb. Interestingly, animals are called
"peter". Only humans are "peter-rexem". Perhaps only a human womb is a true
:rexem".

Yigal
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From: "wattswestmaas" <wattswestmaas AT eircom.net>
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Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2004 10:31 PM
Subject: [b-hebrew] "Opens the Womb" and "Firstborn"


> Are there any meaningful implications that can be drawn from the common
use
> of the word: 'BaCHoR' Firstborn and the idea attached to 'PeTeR' as in for
> example 'PeTeR RaCHaM'' at first I thought nothing more of it until I saw
> the Verses from Exodus 13:12-16 where there is constant interchanging
> between the two manners of expressing the 'Firstborn'?
>
> Any comments are always appreciated.
>
> greetings to everyone of one of you
>
> Thankyou  Chris,  from Ireland.
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