Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Harold R. Holmyard III" <hholmyard AT ont.com>]

Dear Peter,

> BDB gives "heart" only as the fourth general gloss, which looks 
> rather like a sop to tradition, and not in any of the more specific 
> references.

HH: The Dictionary of Classical Hebrew gives heart as the only gloss 
for LB initially. They also say that a physical sense (their meaning 
number 4) if often possible for verses listed under meanings 1-3.

                                Yours,
                                Harold Holmyard