Biblical Hebrew Forum

["George F. Somsel" <gfsomsel AT juno.com>]

On Fri, 25 Jun 2004 00:14:03 -0500 "Karl Randolph" <kwrandolph AT email.com>
writes:
> Dear Harold:
> 
<snip> 
> When doing lexicography, if fewer than 10% of occurances of a lexeme 
> are given a different definition, I tend to question the 
> appropriateness of the different definition. For XBL it is only two 
> or three examples that raise questions, all others fit 
> grammatically, according to context and meaning. Even the two or 
> three questionable occurances still can be resolved according to the 
> majority meaning, therefore I question the minority meaning, namely 
> that one connected with destruction or corruption.
> 
> Karl W. Randolph.
> 
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Karl,

Enough of discussing abstractly the meaning of XBL; let's have a concrete
instance.  What do you do with

Mic 2.10

QW.M W.L:KW. K.iY Lo)_ZoT HaM.:NW.TfH B.a(a:BW.R +fM:)fH T.:TaB."L
W:XeBeL NiM:RfC

gfsomsel