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Re: [b-hebrew] Word pairs in biblical and semitic literatures

From: Jason Hare <jaihare AT gmail.com>
To: "b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org" <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Word pairs in biblical and semitic literatures
Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2009 12:53:37 +0200

Glad to have an explanation for that. I thought I was losing my mind,
trying to figure out how it would be helpful to translate a set of
Hebrew terms into English as "hendiadys," which had absolutely no
meaning to me! Hendiadys... I still don't think I'll be using that
term very much, but thanks for the explanation anyway.

Thanks,
Jason Hare

On Sun, Feb 8, 2009 at 12:39 PM, George Athas <George.Athas AT moore.edu.au>
wrote:
> 'Hendiadys' is a term which refers to 'one' concept (Gk: hen) 'through two'
> terms (Gk: dia dys).
>
> For example, when I say "That's all well and good", the phrase "well and
> good" is a hendiadys.
>
>
> Regards,
>
> GEORGE ATHAS
> Moore Theological College (Sydney, Australia)
> www.moore.edu.au

Re: [b-hebrew] Word pairs in biblical and semitic literatures, George Athas, 02/08/2009
- Re: [b-hebrew] Word pairs in biblical and semitic literatures, Jason Hare, 02/08/2009