Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Trevor Peterson <06peterson AT cua.edu>]

Compare Syriac `ufyo and the corresponding verbal root `p', meaning to 
bloom or flourish. We also get the noun in Biblical Aramaic, with 
reference to the tree in Nebuchadnezzar's vision, as I recall. I agree 
with George that they're pretty clearly not the same word and that the 
writer probably intended a play.

Trevor Peterson
CUA/Semitics

Yigal Levin wrote:
> ----- 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
>
>
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> > 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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