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Re: [b-hebrew] He-emarta & He-emircha

From: K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>
To: "Joel C. Salomon" <joelcsalomon AT gmail.com>
Cc: Biblical Hebrew list <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] He-emarta & He-emircha
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2009 15:01:28 -0700

Joel:

On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 8:56 AM, Joel C. Salomon <joelcsalomon AT gmail.com>wrote:

> From yesterday’s Torah reading, in Deut. 26:17–18:
>
> Rabbi S.R. Hirsch suggests instead that these are forms of the root אמר,
> that “את ה׳ האמרת” means “You have caused it to be said about God that…”.
>
> What is the view of the list members?
>
> —Joel

Without really getting into it, I think Rabbi Hirsch is in the main correct.

Karl W. Randolph.

[b-hebrew] He-emarta & He-emircha, Joel C. Salomon, 09/06/2009
- Re: [b-hebrew] He-emarta & He-emircha, K Randolph, 09/07/2009
  - Re: [b-hebrew] He-emarta & He-emircha, Harold Holmyard, 09/07/2009
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- Re: [b-hebrew] He-emarta & He-emircha, Van Parunak, 09/09/2009