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[b-hebrew] Genesis 1, 6-7

From: Staffan Bengtsson <staffan.bengtsson AT sh.se>
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Subject: [b-hebrew] Genesis 1, 6-7
Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2007 18:38:34 +0200

I am a Swedish scholar (comparative literature) and have come accross a swedish translation from 18th century which does not translate/ interpret the separation between water and water of the second day in the usual way, but also adds "so that the waters may be shifted with each other", i.e. an exchange between the two waters is emphasized. 1. Has anyone come accross any similar translation/interpretation? 2. Can anyone see a way to support this translation from the Hebrew? SB

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On 25/03/2007 00:15, K Randolph wrote:

...

Thanks for the little article. I have not read it all, but the author,
even as far as I have read, I find I disagree with him. It doesn't
help that his second example is marred by combining two different
words that have become homonyms in English (also in German, but not in
Norwegian), trying to say that they are examples of multiple uses of
the same word. ...

Karl, it is interesting to see that you are finding fault with a study which takes two homonyms to be the same word because it has not made proper use of evidence from cognate languages that these are originally distinct homonyms. (I have not read the article, so I don't know what word is being referred to.) You seem happy to apply this principle to English, based on your knowledge of Norwegian which most others on this list do not share. Why do you object when other people apply the same principle to Hebrew, based on their knowledge of other Semitic languages which you do not know?

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[b-hebrew] Genesis 1, 6-7, Staffan Bengtsson, 03/25/2007