Biblical Hebrew Forum

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

Peter:

This is exactly what I was telling Doug, that when 
"day" is used apart from a number as in your 
example below, in both English and Biblical Hebrew 
(I suspect English got that usage from Bible 
translations), an understanding of other than an 
equivalent of a 24 hour day is often what is meant. 
The context tells us how long. But with a number, a 
24 hour day.

Karl W. Randolph.


> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "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.
> 
> 
> -- Peter Kirk
> peter AT qaya.org (personal)
> peterkirk AT qaya.org (work)
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