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  • From: "Yigal Levin" <leviny1 AT mail.biu.ac.il>
  • To: "b-hebrew" <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Ps. 104:12 - (P)YM
  • Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2004 08:33:55 +0200


----- 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?







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