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  • From: "George F. Somsel" <gfsomsel AT juno.com>
  • To: leviny1 AT mail.biu.ac.il
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Ps. 104:12 - (P)YM
  • Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2004 01:27:39 -0400

On Sun, 20 Jun 2004 07:59:19 +0200 "Yigal Levin" <leviny1 AT mail.biu.ac.il>
writes:
>
> Happy Tammuz to y'all,
>
> (P)YM - 'pha'im - in Ps. 104:12, is usually translated "branches".
> While this seems to fit the context, the word looks to me more like
> a plural of (oph, "bird". Any comments?
>
> Yigal
> _______________________________________________

With a third radical aleph? I think the writer was playing with words
here

(oWP // (f:Pf)YIM

gfsomsel




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