Biblical Hebrew Forum

[davidfentonism AT aim.com]

 I think this depends on how you construct "fexibility". As you know well, 
Hebrew letters and roots have embedded meaning which inform the words they 
form and that those embedded meanings in the letters and roots are 
'uncancellable'. However, those very same 'uncancellable' letters and roots 
are dynamic, having a range of meaning. It is in this way that I perceive 
Bill's proposition. Thanks, Peter.
 
 David Fenton
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 Gal. 27-29: For as many as have had a tevilah into Moshiach have clothed 
yourselves with Moshiach. There is not Yehudi nor Yevani (Greek), there is 
not eved (servant) nor ben chorin (freedman), there is not zachar (male) nor 
nekevah (female), for you are all echad in Moshiach Yehoshua/Yeshua. And, if 
you belong to Moshiach (YESHAYAH 53:10), then you are of the ZERAH of Avraham 
Avinu, you are yoreshim (heirs) according to the havtachah (promise).   
 -----Original Message-----
 From: peter AT qaya.org
 To: bill.rea AT canterbury.ac.nz
 Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
 Sent: Sat, 31 Mar 2007 2:54 PM
 Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Uncancelable meaning
 
  On 29/03/2007 23:12, Bill Rea wrote:
> ...
>
> I've known this is your understanding for a long time. The problem
> seems to be either that people can't see how flexibility and
> uncancelability are not mutally exclusive, ...

The words are mutually exclusive on the logical level. If something 
cannot be cancelled, that implies no flexibility. If there is 
flexibility, it means that the something can be cancelled. And Rolf has 
made it clear many times that by "uncancellable" he does not mean "only 
rarely cancelled". It is he who is insisting that there is no 
flexibility here, so that one counter example which is not an 
arbitrarily defined "special usage" is enough to disprove an alternative 
hypothesis.

-- 
Peter Kirk

   
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