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Re: [b-hebrew] The islands

From: Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>
To: Reinier de Blois <r.de.blois AT solcon.nl>
Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] The islands
Date: Tue, 08 Jun 2004 03:56:33 -0700

On 08/06/2004 01:54, Reinier de Blois wrote:

...

If you want more proof I can refer you to Isaiah 23:2 where the traders
of Sidon and the inhabitants of the COASTLAND/ISLAND seem to be
identical.

Reinier, while in general I agree with you, I don't think this example proves anything. It is at least possible to understand "the inhabitants of the COASTLAND/ISLAND" as the people of Tyre, which, as Yigal points out, was an island, with the parallelism being the common one between Tyre and Sidon, also seen in v.4 where the "fortress of the sea" is surely Tyre.

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[b-hebrew] The islands, VC, 06/07/2004
- Re: [b-hebrew] The islands, Peter Kirk, 06/07/2004
  - Re: [b-hebrew] The islands, Noam Eitan, 06/07/2004
    - RE: [b-hebrew] The islands, Reinier de Blois, 06/08/2004
      - Re: [b-hebrew] The islands, VC, 06/08/2004
        
        RE: [b-hebrew] The islands, Reinier de Blois, 06/08/2004
        
        Re: [b-hebrew] The islands, Peter Kirk, 06/08/2004
        
        RE: [b-hebrew] The islands, Reinier de Blois, 06/08/2004
        Re: [b-hebrew] The islands, VC, 06/08/2004
        
        Re: [b-hebrew] The islands, VC, 06/08/2004
        
        RE: [b-hebrew] The islands, Reinier de Blois, 06/08/2004
        Re: [b-hebrew] The islands, VC, 06/08/2004
        
        Re: [b-hebrew] The islands, Harold R. Holmyard III, 06/08/2004
        
        Re: [b-hebrew] The islands, VC, 06/08/2004
        
        Re: [b-hebrew] The islands, Peter Kirk, 06/08/2004
        Re: [b-hebrew] The islands, VC, 06/08/2004
        Re: [b-hebrew] The islands, Yigal Levin, 06/08/2004