Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Yigal Levin" <leviny1 AT mail.biu.ac.il>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "George F. Somsel" <gfsomsel AT juno.com>
To: <leviny1 AT mail.biu.ac.il>
Cc: <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Sunday, June 20, 2004 7:27 AM
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Ps. 104:12 - (P)YM


> 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
> 
Agreed. But what does the word mean?