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["Norman Wood" <nandk.wood AT blueyonder.co.uk>]

Hi ,
I wondered if someone could explain how the number 120,000 works in Jonah 
4:11, I see MShTM- 'SRH  RB,
but neither Weingreen nor, the basics of biblical Hebrew seem to cover this 
size of number
So  I think the part I can' t understand is the MiShTeM at the start .
Best Wishes
Norman Wood
Scotland
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Norman Wood napisał(a):

>Hi ,
>I wondered if someone could explain how the number 120,000 works in Jonah 
>4:11, I see MShTM- 'SRH  RB,
>but neither Weingreen nor, the basics of biblical Hebrew seem to cover this 
>size of number
>So  I think the part I can' t understand is the MiShTeM at the start .
>Best Wishes
>Norman Wood
>Scotland
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To the best of my belief the root is ShTM (two) with the preposition min
added.
So we have twelve times 10000 (ribbo) make a hundred and twenty thousand.
Is that right?

Best Wishes,
Pawel S., Poland

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