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Re: [b-hebrew] Genesis 2:15 and 2:17 is garden feminine?

From: "Yitzhak Sapir" <yitzhaksapir AT gmail.com>
To: b-hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Genesis 2:15 and 2:17 is garden feminine?
Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 18:16:26 +0200

On 11/12/06, Yigal Levin wrote:

This is true to our minds. The question is whether to the ancient Israelite
the terms "xayyim" and "mavvet" applied to flora. There are other terms for
plants drying up, such as "nabal".

Kenneth's reference to Job 14:8 is close, where the root mwt is applied to
gz( and is used in parallel with the root zqn and $r$.

Yitzhak Sapir

Re: [b-hebrew] We and us , (continued)
- [b-hebrew] Genesis 2:15 and 2:17 is garden feminine?, kenneth greifer, 11/12/2006
  - Re: [b-hebrew] Genesis 2:15 and 2:17 is garden feminine?, Yigal Levin, 11/12/2006
    - Re: [b-hebrew] Genesis 2:15 and 2:17 is garden feminine?, Yitzhak Sapir, 11/13/2006
- [b-hebrew] Genesis 2:15 and 2:17 is garden feminine?, kenneth greifer, 11/13/2006
  - Re: [b-hebrew] Genesis 2:15 and 2:17 is garden feminine?, K Randolph, 11/13/2006