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["K Randolph" <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>]

But in this example I am using it in connection with a noun. The same with
other examples.

Karl W. Randolph.


On 7/4/06, kgraham0938 AT comcast.net <kgraham0938 AT comcast.net> wrote:
> As far as I know whenever you have PeH + some sort of preposition it means
> "in correspondance to, in accordance with.  For example Gen 47:12 L:PIY
> HA++AP means 'according to the children.'  So here in Jeremiah 29:10 L:PIY
> M:LO'T, I render it as "according to the fullness of Babylon...."
>
> --
> Kelton Graham
> KGRAHAM0938 AT comcast.net
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> -------------- Original message --------------
> From: "K Randolph" <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>
>
> > Dear Members:
> >
> > I just came across a question concerning PY, PH in both its meanings.
> >
> > To start out, PH, prohounced Poh, means "here". Though some of the
> > places, it seems that the best was to translate it, as in PH LPH,
> > would me as "here to there". Some of these are traditionally
> > understood as "mouth to mouth", but I suspect the Masoretic points are
> > wrong here.
> >
> > PH, pronounced Peh, means "mouth".
> >
> > Now here comes the tricky part: PH, when combined with a suffix
> > becomes PY, similar to that of the lamed hey verbs, including in the
> > plural construct state. The reason it is tricky is because PY also
> > seems to be the base form of another noun, whose dual and plural forms
> > may be the irregular PNYM, often translated as "face" though it has a
> > much broader meaning than the English word face, including a temporal
> > sense missing in the English term.
> >
> > The reason this question came up is that I was reading in Jeremiah
> > 29:10 and came across LPY in a context that appears to be a singular
> > use of LPNY. I did a quick spot check of the 263 times I found PY used
> > in Tanakh, and some of the times do appear to be a singular use of
> > PNYM, including the 43 times it is used in connection with XRB
> > "sword". A quick look at my concordance shows no entry of PY.
> >
> > Any thoughts?
> >
> > Karl W. Randolph.
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