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  • From: Peter Kirk <peter AT qaya.org>
  • To: K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] The Sade/Ayin-Quf literary device
  • Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 20:49:56 +0000

On 29/12/2006 20:22, K Randolph wrote:
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Isaiah 28:10 and 28:13 have cw lcw followed by qw lqw.

Again distinct meanings, CW from the same root as MCWH commandment,
means a command. QW is a (measuring) line, often used to make a QWH
measurement. Again, this is poetic with similar sounding yet
complimentary meanings, saying that the" word of God has become to
them a command to a command, a command to a command, a measuring line
to a measuring line, a measuring line to a measuring line, a little
here, a little there" in other words, concentrating on picayune rules
and regulations, how far one can walk a sabbath, etc.

I would suggest that these words are actually deliberately meaningless, an imitation of foreign words which the hearers will not understand, as suggested by verse 11, and the last part of verse 13, cf. 6:9,10. Compare also how Paul uses verses 11-12 in 1 Corinthians 14:21,23 to refer to incomprehensible "tongues".

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Peter Kirk
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