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["James Spinti" <JSpinti AT Eisenbrauns.com>]

And probably knew neither Hebrew or Aramaic :)

James
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-----Original Message-----
From: b-hebrew-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:b-hebrew-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Yitzhak Sapir
Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 3:10 PM
To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Zincirli stele

On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 10:06 PM, Yitzhak Sapir wrote:

> The paper quotes Pardee to the effect that "nabsh" is Aramaic.  In
> fact, it is more
> accurate to say that standard Biblical Hebrew has "nefesh" and
> Zincirli Aramaic has
> "nabsh."  But nb$ in this sense also occurs on one of the Arad
ostraca.

Lest I be misunderstood, I consider this a mistake on the part of the
reporter, not Pardee, who probably tried to summarize what Pardee told
him.

Yitzhak Sapir
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