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[b-hebrew] "little finger" in 1 Kings 12: 10

From: "Yigal Levin" <leviny1 AT mail.biu.ac.il>
To: "b-hebrew" <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: [b-hebrew] "little finger" in 1 Kings 12: 10
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 08:39:43 +0200

Without trying to sound risqué, does anyone really think that "Qa+onni" in
"my little ... is thicker than my father loins" really refer's to Rehoboam's
little finger? Does anyone know of a single translation that leaves out the
"finger"?

Yigal

[b-hebrew] "little finger" in 1 Kings 12: 10, Yigal Levin, 06/15/2004
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- Re: [b-hebrew] "little finger" in 1 Kings 12: 10, Karl Randolph, 06/15/2004