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Re: [b-hebrew] what are the wings of a garment?

From: gfsomsel AT juno.com
To: krooger AT debian.org
Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] what are the wings of a garment?
Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2004 03:30:28 -0500

On Fri, 19 Nov 2004 22:57:52 -0800 Jonathan Walther <krooger AT debian.org>
writes:
> Wings of garment seems to be a Hebrew idiom. What does it refer to
> though? Were the King James translators justified in translating it
> as
> "hem"? Why not "arms"? Are there any extra-biblical sources that
> shed
> light on this?
>
> In what way does a covering have "four" wings"?
>
> Jonathan
> _______________________________________________

See Jer 13.26 where "arms" would hardly seem to be appropriate but
"skirts" would be.

george
gfsomsel

[b-hebrew] what are the wings of a garment?, Jonathan Walther, 11/20/2004
- Re: [b-hebrew] what are the wings of a garment?, Yigal Levin, 11/20/2004
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Re: [b-hebrew] what are the wings of a garment?, gfsomsel, 11/20/2004