Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>]

Harold,

No I have not. What is this "NET" ? I do not understand why Torczyner  
[Tur-Sinai] need to go to Aramaic for something as obvious as this.

Isaac Fried

On Jun 19, 2007, at 3:05 PM, Harold Holmyard wrote:

> Dear Isaac,
>
> Did you see the NET note, which agrees with the meaning you give the
> verb? The NET says:
>
> The verb יִתְעַלֶּם (yit’allem) has been translated  
> “is hid” or “hides
> itself.” But this does not work easily in the sentence with the
> preposition “upon them.” Torczyner suggested “pile up” from  
> an Aramaic
> root עֲלַם (’alam), and E. Dhorme (Job, 87) defends it  
> without changing
> the text, contending that the form we have was chosen for alliterative
> value with the prepositional phrase before it.
>
> Yours,
> Harold Holmyard
>
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