Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Peter Kirk <peter AT qaya.org>]

On 14/04/2006 14:56, Karl Randolph wrote:
> Doug:
>
> There is nothing in the text itself that indicates 
> that "day" when used with a number means anything 
> else than the equivalent of a modern 24 hour day or 
> the lighted portion thereof. The use of "day" in a 
> non-numerical context can have other meanings, just 
> as in English, but not in a numerical context. (If 
> I say, "I plan to travel there in five days" I 
> don't mean five years from now, or five ages, but 
> within a week. The same in Biblical Hebrew.)
>
>   
Yes, but if I write "In Shakespeare's day theatres were tightly 
regulated", there is "nothing in the text itself that indicates that 
"day" ... means anything else than the equivalent of a modern 24 hour 
day or the lighted portion thereof", nevertheless it is clear to all 
that I mean a period longer than 24 hours. And so in Hebrew in many 
occurrences of YOM which cannot refer to literal 24 hour days.


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