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  • From: "George F. Somsel" <gfsomsel AT juno.com>
  • To: VMedina AT cbcag.edu
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] A question about )DM in Isa. 29:19
  • Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2004 17:01:24 -0400

On Fri, 6 Aug 2004 14:34:54 -0500 "Medina, Vincent" <VMedina AT cbcag.edu>
writes:
> Greetings all:
>
> M. Dahood suggests that )DM ('adam) in Isa. 29:19 is a masculine
> form of
> )DMH('adamah). In support of this three other examples are
> cited--Prov.
> 30:14b; Jer. 32:20; Zech. 13:5. The line in which the word appears
> is
> usually translated "the needy of mankind" or some such. If Dahood's
> explanation is accepted it would mean "the needy of the land."
>
> What do you think of Dahood's suggestion?
>
> Regards,
>
> Vince Medina
>
> Associate Professor
> Central Bible College
> 3000 N. Grant Avenue
> Springfield, Missouri 65803
>
> _______________________________________________

While I appreciate much (though not all) of what Dahood did with the
Psalms, I think he sometimes has gone to excess. I see no particular
problem here as traditionally understood.

george
gfsomsel




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