Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Jim West <jwest AT highland.net>]

Peter Kirk wrote:
> > I have not noticed any compound lexemes in Biblical Hebrew. 
> > Has anyone else in this forum found any such?
>
>
> I am amazed, Karl. I have noticed several. For an immediate example, 
> MILLE' YAD for "ordain".


Isn't there a difference between a phrase and a compound lexeme?  You 
have cited a phrase which is rendered in English as "ordain" but in 
Hebrew it simply means "fill the hands".  Are you suggesting that if a 
word in English is the manifestation of a phrase in Hebrew that it is a 
compound lexeme?


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