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

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 22:01:15 +0200

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From: "Harold R. Holmyard III" <hholmyard AT ont.com>
To: "b-hebrew" <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Sunday, June 20, 2004 8:39 PM
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Ps. 104:12 - (P)YM

> Dear Yigal,
>
> >(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?
>
>
> HH: I don't think that oph, "bird," has a plural, at least in the OT.
> It is a collective word and already means "birds" in the singular.
>
> Yours,
> Harold Holmyard
>
You're right. Later Hebrew has (ophot, but not the Bible.

So (oph)aiym, "branches" is Aramaic. What does that say (if anything) about
the origin and date of Ps. 104?

Yigal

[b-hebrew] Ps. 104:12 - (P)YM, Yigal Levin, 06/20/2004
- Re: [b-hebrew] Ps. 104:12 - (P)YM, Harold R. Holmyard III, 06/20/2004
  - Re: [b-hebrew] Ps. 104:12 - (P)YM, Yigal Levin, 06/20/2004
    - Re: [b-hebrew] Ps. 104:12 - (P)YM, Patrina, 06/20/2004
    - Re: [b-hebrew] Ps. 104:12 - (P)YM, Trevor Peterson, 06/20/2004
    - Re: [b-hebrew] Ps. 104:12 - (P)YM, Harold R. Holmyard III, 06/21/2004
  - [b-hebrew] MT for all OT Translations?, Philip Engmann, 06/21/2004
    - RE: [b-hebrew] MT for all OT Translations?, Reinier de Blois, 06/21/2004
      - RE: [b-hebrew] MT for all OT Translations?, Philip Engmann, 06/21/2004
        
        Re: [b-hebrew] MT for all OT Translations?, Yigal Levin, 06/22/2004
        
        Re: [b-hebrew] MT for all OT Translations?, Peter Kirk, 06/22/2004
    - Re: [b-hebrew] MT for all OT Translations?, Peter Kirk, 06/21/2004
    - Re: [b-hebrew] MT for all OT Translations?, Harold R. Holmyard III, 06/21/2004