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  • From: "Dora Smith" <villandra AT austin.rr.com>
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  • Subject: [b-hebrew] Why mitachat and mi'al instead of tachat and al?
  • Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2004 06:15:27 -0500

In Genesis 1:7, why does it say "mitachat" for under the waters, and "mi'al"
for "above the waters"?

These words appear to contain a superfluous "from". "From under" and "from
upon" instead of under and upon.

Yours,
Dora Smith
Austin, Texas
villandra AT austin.rr.com




  • [b-hebrew] Why mitachat and mi'al instead of tachat and al?, Dora Smith, 06/14/2004

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