Biblical Hebrew Forum

["K Randolph" <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>]

Whoops, I meant two words that are homonyms, not synonyms, below.
Sorry for the mix up.

Karl W. Randolph.

On 9/5/07, K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear La Fanga:
>
> Here is a case where there apparently two different roots in Hebrew
> that are synonyms: XLL to pierce or bore, such as when making a flute
> with a derivative meaning of playing an instrument so produced, and
> XLL to make common, both in the sense of bringing into production, and
> in the concept that that which is common is the opposite of that which
> is set apart, special (the same use in the latter as koinos is used in
> Greek as the opposite of hagios).
>
> So which was it, the QDW$ [set apart] verses XL [common, low]
> contrast, or the XLL pierced meaning? The context seems to support
> either meaning. Most translators that I have read seem to opt for the
> pierced meaning.
>
> Karl W. Randolph.