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  • From: George F Somsel <gfsomsel AT juno.com>
  • To: kwrandolph AT email.com
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Syntax of Jeremiah 15:12
  • Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2005 11:39:29 -0500

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?
______________

What blankets? I see no blankets. Are you sure your head isn't under
the covers?

george
gfsomsel
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