Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Karl Randolph" <kwrandolph AT email.com>]

Dave:

That it is used for more than just a few cases for meanings 
other than "eternity" or "forever", indicates that "eternity" 
and "forever" are not its core meaning. Many times it is 
used in a way whereby no distinction is made, where it 
could either be a limited time or eternity, the context 
makes it clear (hopefully). To translate the cases where 
it clearly does not mean eternal as "eternity" is a 
mistranslation.

Karl W. Randolph.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Washburn" <dwashbur AT nyx.net>
> 
> On Thursday 17 November 2005 10:14, Karl Randolph wrote:
> > Peter:
> >
> > This is where you disagree with not only Rolf, but many
> > other people on this list.
> 
> Not this people.  Contextually, (WLM appears to mean "eternity" or "forever"
> more often than not.  Whether your diagnosis of its supposed "root meaning"
> is correct or not is really irrelevant, because roots and earlier meanings
> may or may not have anything to do with what it means in a particular
> context.
> 
> --
> Dave Washburn
> http://www.nyx.net/~dwashbur
> "Maybe I'll trade it for a new hat."

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