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[b-hebrew] Re: "about" Josh. 7:4-5 (Karl Randolph)

From: Darrell Smith <Darrell.H.Smith AT sceptreofjudah.org>
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Subject: [b-hebrew] Re: "about" Josh. 7:4-5 (Karl Randolph)
Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 11:57:19 -0800

Kaph is the closed fist or grasp. The preposition, like the radical, generally means to grasp something, either literally or figuratively. In this case the preposition means a grasp, clutch, or total number of (which harkens back to its more primitive meaning, like the noun k.ol).

[b-hebrew] Re: "about" Josh. 7:4-5 (Karl Randolph), Darrell Smith, 12/16/2004