Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Karl Randolph" <kwrandolph AT email.com>]

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> Karl,
> 
> That's precisely what's wrong with your approach.  You attempt to make
> the meaning of a word in any particular context fit the procrustean bed
> of your preconceptions.  As a consequence you end up with a wrong
> understanding.
> 
> george
> gfsomsel

Interesting, that is exactly my impression of your approach.

My understanding of your approach is that you take the definitions as given 
by cognate languages and lexica, and force it into Biblical Hebrew, even 
where its meaning is forced at best.

My first reaction upon reading this verse in Hebrew was, “This is wierd! It 
doesn’t make sense.” until after several more times reading it to come to the 
conclusion that KPH probably had almost the opposite definition as given. 
Though after reading reactions to my question, it looks as if Peter Kirk gave 
a better answer than my conclusion.

Karl W. Randolph.
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