Biblical Hebrew Forum

[George F Somsel <gfsomsel AT juno.com>]

On Fri, 07 Jan 2005 00:29:42 -0500 "Karl Randolph" <kwrandolph AT email.com>
writes:
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "George F Somsel" <gfsomsel AT juno.com>
> 
> > 
> > On Thu, 06 Jan 2005 20:18:46 -0500 "Karl Randolph" 
> <kwrandolph AT email.com>
> > writes:
> > > George:
> > >
> > > This is interesting: the root is claimed to exist, yet 
> different
> > > people have different lists where it is to be found. The
> > > concordance I was told to buy by my teacher when I was a 
> student
> > > was by Lisowski, which is where I got the list of verses I
> > > listed, and I see that BDB have a different list. One of the
> > > verses found on both lists has one translation I proposed as a
> > > possibility, Revelation 2:27 has a different translation 
> allowed
> > > by the unpointed text, neither of which uses “smash”. That’s 
> just
> > > one example. As a result, I find the evidence for the existance
> > > of that root weak, at best.
> > >
> > > By the way, in the Job passage, who is the subject? What form 
> is
> > > this verb? How does it fit with the previous and following
> > > verses? What is meant by KBYRYM seeing as other uses of this
> > > lexeme as a noun in Tanakh refer to blankets? Or is this
> > > adjectival use with the force of a noun, with the basic idea of
> > > drawn out (make long of time) or expansive (make long width and
> > > length)?
> > >
> > > Karl W. Randolph.
> > _______________
> >
> > Subject:  )"L in v. 23 above
> > Form: Q impf 3 ms
> > Connection:  Note that in v. 23 they are said LaHa:LK )eL_)"L ***
> > B.aM.i$:P.f+ ***  In v. 24 judgment is rendered --YfRoa( .
> >
> Are you sure that these answers are right? Absolutely sure? The 
> reasons I asked the questions above is partially rhetorical. BTW, 
> what is “smashing blankets”? How does L) XQR fit in? Are we dealing 
> with a figure of speech whose meaning has been forgotten? Quite 
> frankly, “smashing blankets” doesn’t make much sense, but you might 
> make a case for “shaking out blankets”, or do you have something 
> else in mind?
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What blankets?  I see no blankets.  Are you sure your head isn't under
the covers?

george
gfsomsel
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