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Re: [b-hebrew] 'iysh and zakar

From: "C. Stirling Bartholomew" <jacksonpollock AT earthlink.net>
To: b-hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] 'iysh and zakar
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 09:51:08 -0800

Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org> wrote:

> the referents may include women as in Job
> 42:11

R. Gordis (Book ofJob.1978) disagrees. He renders )y$ in 42:11 "each man."
Do you really think Job's sisters were in the position socially to be giving
him gifts, transferring wealth that was not theirs to give?

greetings,
Clay Bartholomew

[b-hebrew] 'iysh and zakar , (continued)