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  • From: Yigal Levin <leviny1 AT mail.biu.ac.il>
  • To: b-hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Psalm 57:5 (57:4 in English)
  • Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2006 17:16:58 +0200


But the first part of the verse still gives me problems. לביא LBY)
means lioness, used in plural only in Nahum 2:12 so I wonder if it
here comes from the concept of coming?

Karl W. Randolph.

Dear Karl,

Without getting into the problem of Ps. 57, "lavi" - LBY) - appears 12 times as a lion. For two clear examples see Gen. 49:9 and Num. 24:9, in both of which it is paralleled by "aryeh" or "ary". The fem. form "levi'ah" only appears in Nah. 2:13, in the plural.

Yigal Levin




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