Biblical Hebrew Forum

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

There are more than one word used for "idol":

)LYL nothing ⇒ idol

GLWL, GLL idol

MSKH (cast) statue, often used as an idol

SML idol, referring to an object that is worshipped

(CB idol (what object that causes the most sorrowful, heavy labor in
idolatrous societies if not the worship of their gods?), from the same root
of doing heavy labor.

Those are words that I can think of, were you thinking of something else?

Karl W. Randolph.

On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 11:07 PM, Weizman Abby <achweiz1 AT gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear Friends,
> My query it is about the word meaning idols and the semantic field of
> idolatry in Psalms and in the Tanach in general.I am writing a paper about.
> What mean philologically and linguistically "idols" ( not theologically).
> Many thanks and, as always, an excellent group!!!
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