Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Peter Kirk <peter AT qaya.org>]

On 15/07/2006 04:35, Joel Stucki wrote:
> On 7/12/06, George Athas <george.athas AT moore.edu.au> wrote:
>   
> > Joel Stucki wrote:
> >
> >     
> > > So as not be hippocritical here are some examples of this exact vowel
> > > pattern used with nouns and a lamed prefix:
> > >       
> > I can't resist, so here goes: Does not being 'hippocritical' mean that you
> > refuse to frown upon horses or hippopotami?
> > ;-D
> >
> >     
> It's the hippopotami! They are in league with the unicorns trying to
> set up a dictatorship of pseudo divine sea dragons! I swear I'm not
> making this up!
>
>   
After all the thread about Tehom, Yam, Rahab, Leviathan etc, I wondered 
when someone would bring in Behemoth! The Russian word for 
"hippopotamus", вегемот (begemot), is actually a borrowing of Behemoth.

And no, you are not making this up. Surely it is this kind of conspiracy 
between false "gods" which is being alluded to in Psalm 82 etc, and more 
clearly in the New Testament in for example Ephesians 6:12, not to 
mention all kinds of apocalyptic literature.

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Peter Kirk
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