Biblical Hebrew Forum

[sujata <shevaroys AT yahoo.com>]

Peter,
  Thank you. Is there any other example of such usage of the word "dig/dug" 
in Hebrew?
  Thanks,
  Sujata

Peter Kirk <peter AT qaya.org> wrote:
  On 01/10/2006 18:28, sujata wrote:
> I have never seen "dug" used to describe an attack by either lions or dogs. 
> Are there any examples of such usage in English? I am also unable to 
> visualize an animal digging a person's hands or feet. Is this a uniquely 
> Hebrew way of describing an animal attack?
> 
> 
This is of course not an English expression, but a Hebrew one. In 
English we might say "mauled", with much the same meaning. For, as Karl 
just wrote:
> It is rare that the semantic domain of a word in one language has the exact 
> semantic domain of a corresponding word in another language. ... Sometimes 
> a translator will use terms that seem unrelated to the terms used in the 
> original text in order to get the meaning across in a fluid, readable 
> manner while a literal translation may not make sense in the target 
> language.

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