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RE: [b-hebrew] Me(onah in Deut. 33:27

From: "Reinier de Blois" <r.de.blois AT solcon.nl>
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Subject: RE: [b-hebrew] Me(onah in Deut. 33:27
Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 16:24:19 +0200

Dear Yigal,

> The phrase "Me(onah Elohey Qedem" (Deut. 33:27) is translated
> "The eternal God is thy refuge" in the AV, and "He subdues
> the ancient gods" by NRSV, with a note about "mythic imagery".
> What is Me(onah? Ma(on is usually a "residence", so wouldn't
> it be "The residence of the ancient/everlasting G/god"?

Wouldn't that require ME(ONAT?

> I can
> understand how AV got from "residence" to "refuge". Where did
> "subdue" come from?

By reading ME(ANNEH (piel participle).

Best wishes,

Reinier de Blois

[b-hebrew] Me(onah in Deut. 33:27, Yigal Levin, 07/22/2004
- RE: [b-hebrew] Me(onah in Deut. 33:27, Reinier de Blois, 07/22/2004
  - Re: [b-hebrew] Me(onah in Deut. 33:27, Yigal Levin, 07/22/2004
    - RE: [b-hebrew] Me(onah in Deut. 33:27, Reinier de Blois, 07/22/2004
    - Re: [b-hebrew] Me(onah in Deut. 33:27, Patrina, 07/22/2004
      - [b-hebrew] qedem, Noam Eitan, 07/22/2004
        
        Re: [b-hebrew] qedem, Yigal Levin, 07/22/2004
        
        Re: [b-hebrew] qedem, Jonathan D. Safren, 07/23/2004
        
        Re: [b-hebrew] qedem, Peter Kirk, 07/24/2004
        Re: [b-hebrew] qedem, Yigal Levin, 07/24/2004
        Re: [b-hebrew] qedem, Peter Kirk, 07/24/2004
        
        Re: [b-hebrew] qedem, Yigal Levin, 07/23/2004