Biblical Hebrew Forum

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

Oops. The Xayot, of course, have six "kenafayim", wings.


> >
> 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.
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> Yigal Levin
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