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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 07:54:32 -0400

On Sun, 20 Jun 2004 08:33:55 +0200 "Yigal Levin" <leviny1 AT mail.biu.ac.il>
writes:
>
> ----- 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?
>
____________

The meaning is "foliage" or "branches." It is listed as an Aramaic loan
word under (P)YM. BDB subsumes (f:PiY under (P) in the Aramaic section
and it appears in Dan 4.9, 11, and 18 -- no, that's not a "P" in
parentheses but ayin pe aleph. There it lacks the aleph and in 4.11 has
a different pl form though it also has a pronominal suffix and is thus in
construct.

gfsomsel




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