Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Calvin Lindstrom <pclindstrom AT yahoo.com>]

According to the NIDOTTE, QADIM can also be used of the "east wind."  
I believe the accepted understanding would be the wind is blowing to  
the east.

The IVP OT Background commentary notes for Hosea 12:2[1 in English]:  
"Shortly after Hoshea had accepted the role of Assyrian vassal king  
in Israel, he then shifted his allegiance by sending a large quantity  
of olive oil (one of Israel’s major forms of wealth) to Egypt. This  
would have been a valuable commodity, especially in Egypt where  
olives were not grown. Playing to both superpowers and their  
factions, however, would soon draw Assyrian ire and lead in 722 to  
the invasion of Israel by Shalmaneser V."

Calvin Lindstrom
Church of Christian Liberty
Arlington Heights, IL



> Hosea 12:2 says that Ephraim follows an east wind. Does that mean  
> the wind
> is coming from the east or toward the east? What direction would it  
> mean
> Ephraim was going?
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Kenneth Greifer
> USA
>
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