Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>]

On 08/06/2004 06:47, VC wrote:

> > > The translation of "coastland" is perfectly reasonable. However, can we
> > > disregard the established meaning of the word and attach it the sense,
> > >      
> which
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> > > we think suits it better? This approach can lead as far away.
> > >      
> > HH: "Coastland" is a well-established meaning for the word.
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> Not in the conventional Hebrew dictionaries
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I'm not sure what dictionaries you consider "conventional", but one of 
the best respected in English for nearly 100 years has been 
Brown-Driver-Briggs, and its gloss is "coast, region". If that's too 
modern for you, try Strong: "dry land, a coast, an island"; or Davidson: 
"habitable earth or land, coast, sea-coast, island".

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