Biblical Hebrew Forum

["JP vd Giessen (FOL)" <janpieter AT giessen.fol.nl>]

Hallo Dave,

I remembered reading one of the names on a Theban Slave List (=Execration
Texts?), but I couldn't find it again.

Jan Pieter van de Giessen


On Mon, 31 Oct 2005 20:50:48 -0700, Dave Washburn wrote
> 
> ISTM that the point would be that they feared God more than they 
> feared the Pharaoh and his punishment.  As for ha`ib:riy.owt being 
> the absolute in a construct chain, the pointing of lam:yal.:dot 
> suggests otherwise, since the patah under the lamed seems to 
> indicate the definite article.  Of course, as we're often reminded,
>  there's nothing sacred about the pointing.  Still, it gives us an 
> idea as to how those who did the pointing understood the phrase.
> 
> Do we know anything about the names Shiphrah and Pu`ah?  They sure 
> look Hebrew.
> 
> -- 
> Dave Washburn
> http://www.nyx.net/~dwashbur
> "Maybe I'll trade it for a new hat."
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