Biblical Hebrew Forum

[K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>]

Joe:

I have become like a lost tool ?? הייתי ככלי אבד . The word אבד has as its
meaning the idea of lostness, which is sometimes used as a euphemism for
death (the same in English “passed away”). “To perish” is not a meaning
intrinsic to the word.

Karl W. Randolph.


On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 12:13 PM, Joseph Justiss <jljustiss AT msn.com> wrote:

>
> Could anyone help clarify if Ps 31:13b should be read as a periphrastic?
> Something like: I am perishing/wearing out like a tool/utensil.
>
> Joe Justiss