Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Isaac Fried" <if AT math.bu.edu>]

Let us take the root נפל (NPL). In Genesis 6:4 we read about the נפלים 
(NeFILIM), which the KJV translates as ‘giants’, namely of elevated stature.

Isaac Fried, Boston University
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From: "Yitzhak Sapir" <yitzhaksapir AT gmail.com>
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Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 10:42 PM
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Richard Steiner on Sin and Shin


> On 1/11/07, Isaac Fried wrote:
> > Every Hebrew root that contains the letter L materially refers to an
> > elevated state.
>
> Good examples that illustrate the above are the roots  $PL "low", NPL
> "fall".
>
> Yitzhak Sapir
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