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[David Kolinsky <yishalom AT sbcglobal.net>]

Dear Karl:
 
with regard to what you wrote:
Every time I read this, I stop and puzzle over it. And when I look at
translations, it is obvious that I am not the only one.
One option is that here we have a corrupted text.
Another that came to me this morning is that ?? PN does not mean ?lest?
rather it is the imperative of ??? PNH meaning ?to face, turn towards?.
Any thoughts?
 
I would suggest that PN is indeed related to PNH always.
PNH means: "to show different face, to face, to turn, to give s.th priority, 
to turn away, to turn out, to prepare a surface, to clear out, toempty out."
 
PN when we think of it as meaning lest, more specifically and literally means 
:
 
"about facing from the case that" 

Therefore:
 
Gen3:3 = And you shall not touch it about facing from the case that you shall 
die
 
Gen3:22 = And now, about facing from the case that he would send forth his 
hand
 
Gen11:4 = And we shall make for us a name, about facing from the case that we 
would be scattered about the face of the earth
 
Pr5:6 = About facing from the case that she would ponder a path of life, her 
paths wander, she would not know it.
 
David Kolinsky
Monterey, CA
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David:
One problem with the translation below, “ponder” is not in the Hebrew 
verse.

Karl W. Randolph.

On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 11:52 PM, David Kolinsky <yishalom AT sbcglobal.net>wrote:

>
>
> Dear Karl:
>
> with regard to what you wrote:
> Every time I read this, I stop and puzzle over it. And when I look at
> translations, it is obvious that I am not the only one.
> One option is that here we have a corrupted text.
> Another that came to me this morning is that ?? PN does not mean ?lest?
> rather it is the imperative of ??? PNH meaning ?to face, turn towards?.
> Any thoughts?
>
> I would suggest that PN is indeed related to PNH always.
> PNH means: "to show different face, to face, to turn, to give s.thpriority, 
> to turn away, to turn out, to prepare a surface, to clear out,
> toempty out."
>
> PN when we think of it as meaning lest, more specifically and literally
> means :
>
> "about facing from the case that"
>
> Therefore:
>
> Gen3:3 = And you shall not touch it about facing from the case that you
> shall die
>
> Gen3:22 = And now, about facing from the case that he would send forth his
> hand
>
> Gen11:4 = And we shall make for us a name, about facing from the case that
> we would be scattered about the face of the earth
>
> Pr5:6 = About facing from the case that she would ponder a path of life,
> her paths wander, she would not know it.
>
> David Kolinsky
> Monterey, CA