Biblical Hebrew Forum

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

On Mon, 3 Oct 2005 14:42:26 +0300 "Vadim Cherny" <VadimCherny AT mail.ru>
writes:
> 1) alah min has an attested sense of migration or, at any rate, of 
> meaningful ascent. That turn is inapplicable to mist.

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Says who?  You?  No authority.  Rubbish.  Go learn Hebrew.

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> 2) "formed from the dust of the ground" would be min-aphar haadama. 
> The text, however, is, aphar min-haadama.

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It isn't "formed from dust from the ground" but "formed dust from the
ground"

Go learn Hebrew.

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> 3) "breathed life into his nostrils" is implausible, because nph b 
> has an attested sense of "to blow into someone's face, reject." 
> Ezekiel 37:9, the only exception, is recursively modeled upon 
> Gen2:7.
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It isn't "breathed life into his nostrils" but "breathed the breath of
life into his nostrils"

Go learn Hebrew.

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> 
> 4) "became a living soul" ignores the preposition le, "became for a 
> living soul."

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And how would you read 1 Kg 2.2?

Go learn Hebrew.

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> 
> And an exegetical question, Would any of you profess the religion 
> where God formed people and animals from earth?
> 
> Vadim Cherny
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Not only would I, I do.  And, go learn Hebrew.

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george
gfsomsel
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