Biblical Hebrew Forum

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

Uh, Peter:

(M H)RC is used for the people of Egypt, Genesis 42:6 and Exodus 5:5 the 
pharaoh refers to Israel living in Egypt as (M H)RC. I wouldn’t be surprised 
if I can find more examples.

As for context, I didn’t say immediate context, though when Israel was told 
to ascend and take possession of the land, the land they were to possess was 
already defined elsewhere so the “take possession” acts as an identifier.

Karl W. Randolph.

----- Original Message -----
From: Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>

> On 05/09/2004 01:30, Karl Randolph wrote:
> 
> >George:
> >
> >The general term )RC did not refer specifically to the land of Canaan, 
> >rather to any land. For example, Genesis 41:30, 31, 34 uses )RC which, in 
> >context, refers to Egypt and not Canaan.
> >
> >Where a specific, named land was meant, we find )RC followed by the name 
> >of the country unless the context otherwise indicates the land’s identity. 
> >I don’t know when )RC when unnamed started to refer specifically to the 
> >land of Israel or of Judea, but as far as I can tell, that practice 
> >started after Tanakh was completed. ...
> >
> 
> I don't know either, but there do seem to be cases in the Tanakh where 
> H'RC is used of the land of Israel when not specified in the immediate 
> context, e.g. Deut 1:21. Lev 19:29, Zec 12:12 (and I only looked at a 
> small sample here), also in the phrase `AM-HA'AREC in Gen 23:7,12,13, 
> Num 14:9, 2 Kings 11:18,19, 15:5, 16:15, 21:24, Ezk 7:27 - a phrase used 
> of non-Israelites and Israelites but never of another land.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Peter Kirk
> peter AT qaya.org (personal)
> peterkirk AT qaya.org (work)
> http://www.qaya.org/
> 
> 

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