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  • From: "K Randolph" <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>
  • To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Sorting Hebrew
  • Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 16:51:22 -0800

On 11/27/06, Bob MacDonald <bobmacdonald AT shaw.ca> wrote:
One of the technical things that makes life difficult for an English speaker
is the finding of words in a lexicon....

But the worst aspect of the BDB is that several words are not in what an
English speaker would consider a natural order at all ... - for Psalm 89, the
word TBL is listed for whatever reason under Yod!

Do you mean verse 12 (11 in English)? "earth and its fulness" is also
found in Psalm 50:12.

What is going on in the minds of those who sort the fiery letters?...

You'll have to ask BDB. Listing it under yod makes absolutely no sense
that I can see.

Did the ancients have a concept of sort? Or even dictionary lookup?

Bob




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