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[Uri Hurwitz <uhurwitz AT yahoo.com>]

  Yigal Levin asked:  ....[ is there a difference....] "between

 "ani" and   "anokhi"? Are they used in different genres,

 are they preferred by different   literary sources? "...  

    Well, according to Th. Meek in his undeservedly

 forgotten "Hebrew Origins", they represent usages in different 

 Semitic dialects and linguistic branches. For instance,

 Phoenician and Punic use included only Anokhi  (check in KAI),

 whereas Arabic uses  Ana , that is the equivavlent of Ani.

   On the other hand, inscriptional evidence in Aramaic presents

the  two forms, and so does Ugaritic, if memory serves. If so,

this is another linguistic feature it shares with Heb.

   "Hebrew Origins" by Meek -- the translator of Hammurabi's 

Code in ANET --deservs to be reprinted ; some of

 his insights, both linguistic and historical,did not lose

 their validity in the two generations since the third edition

 appeared. See his discussion of the Levites, for

 instance.

   Jack Sasoon paid him homage by using the same title

 for his recent excellent book dealing mainly with historical

 issues. 

   Uri

           

 
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Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] "Desire of Women" in Heb. Text of Dan. 11:37
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Quoting Shoshanna Walker <rosewalk AT concentric.net>
>
> It's not "the desire of women" - it's "The most desirable among
> women", and Daniel is referring to Israel
>
> Shoshanna

I would think that since the verse starts "and he will not pay 
attention to the
gods of his ancestors" and ends with "nor will he pay attention to any gods
because  he will boast over all" that the middle portion of the verse would
translate as "and concerning the [thing/one] desired by women" and would
contextually refer to a deity worshipped by women.

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James W Bennett
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