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Re: [b-hebrew] adonai "my Lord" or "the Lord"

From: "Joel C. Salomon" <joelcsalomon AT gmail.com>
To: b-hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] adonai "my Lord" or "the Lord"
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2009 20:28:11 -0500

On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 7:46 PM, Joel C. Salomon <joelcsalomon AT gmail.com>
wrote:
> I’m not sure the majestic plural is exactly applicable to Hebrew, but
> there is a related phenomenon with other words indicating control. In
> Rabbinic Hebrew, for example, the owner of an object is sometimes called
> the baalim (not just the baal). Cf. Genesis 42:30, “דבר האיש _אדני_ הארץ”.

Addendum: This is an idea I read in the S. R. Hirsch chumash.

—Joel C. Salomon

Re: [b-hebrew] adonai "my Lord" or "the Lord" , (continued)
- Re: [b-hebrew] adonai "my Lord" or "the Lord", Stephen and Rebecca Shead, 12/17/2009
  - Re: [b-hebrew] adonai "my Lord" or "the Lord", Rolf Furuli, 12/18/2009
    - Re: [b-hebrew] adonai "my Lord" or "the Lord", Yigal Levin, 12/18/2009
      - Re: [b-hebrew] adonai "my Lord" or "the Lord", Rolf Furuli, 12/18/2009
      - Re: [b-hebrew] adonai "my Lord" or "the Lord", Doug Belot, 12/18/2009
        
        Re: [b-hebrew] adonai "my Lord" or "the Lord", James Christian, 12/18/2009
- Re: [b-hebrew] adonai "my Lord" or "the Lord", Steve Miller, 12/17/2009
- Re: [b-hebrew] adonai "my Lord" or "the Lord", Stephen Shead, 12/20/2009
  - Re: [b-hebrew] adonai "my Lord" or "the Lord", Rolf Furuli, 12/21/2009
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    - Re: [b-hebrew] adonai "my Lord" or "the Lord", James Christian, 12/21/2009