Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Harold Holmyard <hholmyard AT ont.com>]

Karl Randolph wrote:

> In order for you to convince me that MW(D means 
> "season" as in summer, fall, etc., you need to cite 
> a verse where it can have no other meaning. This 
> you have failed to do. All you have presented are 
> idiosyncratic readings of very few verses.
>  

HH: This is an illegitimate criterion because it may be possible to 
stick in an alternative interpretation. The question becomes what the 
best interpretation is. Demanding that there can only be one possible 
interpretation is an invalid approach because in many difficult passages 
there can more than one possible meaning for a word.

Yours,
Harold Holmyard

> Karl W. Randolph.
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> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Yitzhak Sapir" <yitzhaksapir AT gmail.com>
> >
> > Dear Harold,
> >
> > ...
> >
> > In your message, you referenced your reply to Karl.  Was that
> > meant as a response to my analysis of Psalm 104, or as
> > additional information on Jer 8:7?
> >
> > Yitzhak Sapir
> > http://toldot.blogspot.com
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