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Re: [b-hebrew] Ps. 104:12 - (P)YM

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

Re: [b-hebrew] MT for all OT Translations? , (continued)
- Re: [b-hebrew] Ps. 104:12 - (P)YM, Peter Kirk, 06/21/2004
- Re: [b-hebrew] Ps. 104:12 - (P)YM, George F. Somsel, 06/20/2004
  - Re: [b-hebrew] Ps. 104:12 - (P)YM, Yigal Levin, 06/20/2004
    - Re: [b-hebrew] Ps. 104:12 - (P)YM, Trevor Peterson, 06/20/2004
- [b-hebrew] Ps. 104:12 - (P)YM, Yigal Levin, 06/20/2004
- Re: [b-hebrew] Ps. 104:12 - (P)YM, George F. Somsel, 06/20/2004
- RE: [b-hebrew] Ps. 104:12 - (P)YM, Trevor Peterson, 06/21/2004
- Re: [b-hebrew] Ps. 104:12 - (P)YM, George F. Somsel, 06/21/2004