Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Yigal Levin <leviny1 AT mail.biu.ac.il>]

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From: "Shoshanna Walker" <rosewalk AT concentric.net>
To: <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2007 6:43 PM
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Zech 1:19,21


> Ok, thank you - but does this mean that if someone is referring to
> the horns of several animals, 10, let's say = 20 horns, they would
> use the word kranot, or would it still be karnayim?  Sorry, I just
> want to understand.
>
> Shoshanna
That's right, just like the four legs of a chair or a table are still 
raglayim, while the three holidays are "regalim". Ezekiel describes the 
"Xayot" as having "six karnayim" each. So, like Isaac wrote, things that 
naturally come in pairs are given the dual form even if there are more of 
them.

Yigal Levin