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Re: [b-hebrew] BLG

From: "Karl Randolph" <kwrandolph AT email.com>
To: "Hebrew" <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] BLG
Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 18:17:07 -0500

Peter:

Are you claiming that my dislexia got me again? I read it as "breaking down"
as in destruction. It looks as if you are right.

Karl W. Randolph.

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

>
> On 20/10/2004 00:02, Karl Randolph wrote:
>
> >...
> >Thanx for the response on BLG: it looks as if the Arabic balaja with the
> >idea of destruction fits the context better than the gloss I had been
> >given.
> >
> >
>
> Where did you get this one from? None of the on-list replies suggested a
> meaning "destruction" for the Arabic. "Break" when used of dawn does not
> mean destruction.
>
> --
> Peter Kirk
> peter AT qaya.org (personal)
> peterkirk AT qaya.org (work)
> http://www.qaya.org/
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[b-hebrew] BLG, Karl Randolph, 10/18/2004
- Re: [b-hebrew] BLG, Harold R. Holmyard III, 10/18/2004
- Re: [b-hebrew] BLG, Peter Kirk, 10/19/2004
  - Re: [b-hebrew] BLG, Trevor Peterson, 10/19/2004
  - Re: [b-hebrew] BLG, Maurice A. O'Sullivan, 10/19/2004
- RE: [b-hebrew] BLG, Shai Heijmans, 10/19/2004
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Re: [b-hebrew] BLG, Karl Randolph, 10/19/2004
- Re: [b-hebrew] BLG, Karl Randolph, 10/20/2004
- Re: [b-hebrew] BLG, Karl Randolph, 10/20/2004
  - Re: [b-hebrew] BLG, Peter Kirk, 10/21/2004
    - Re: [b-hebrew] BLG, Maurice A. O'Sullivan, 10/21/2004
- Re: [b-hebrew] BLG, MarianneLuban, 10/21/2004
- Re: [b-hebrew] BLG, Karl Randolph, 10/21/2004
- Re: [b-hebrew] BLG, Karl Randolph, 10/21/2004