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[b-hebrew] Isaiah 46:8 )$$

From: "Karl Randolph" <kwrandolph AT email.com>
To: Hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: [b-hebrew] Isaiah 46:8 )$$
Date: Wed, 31 May 2006 16:35:30 -0500

)$$ is used only once in Tanakh, in Hitpael, any
clues from cognate languages as to its meaning?

Other words from the same root include )$Y$H
(feminine noun) which most seem to say is a raisin
cake, or similar type sweet cake and )$Y$
(masculine noun, used only twice both times plural)
seem to refer to vines that climb walls. Neither
seem to be connected to the action in Isaiah 46:8,
unless possibly it is connected with the idea of
pulling oneself up.

Karl W. Randolph.

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[b-hebrew] Isaiah 46:8 )$$, Karl Randolph, 05/31/2006