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  • From: fred burlingame <tensorpath AT gmail.com>
  • To: George Athas <George.Athas AT moore.edu.au>
  • Cc: B-Hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] elusive pa-kad
  • Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2010 21:03:54 -0600

very interesting indeed.

that the hebrew word exists not in isolation, but rather in relation to the
other words around it;

not independent, but dependent on that which surrounds it.

regards,

fred burlingame

On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 8:04 PM, George Athas <George.Athas AT moore.edu.au>wrote:

> The root פקד has a very broad semantic range. If it’s at all possible to
> boil the root down to an irreducible etymological core, it would be
> something like ‘to deal with’. However, as is the case with all semantics,
> it is context and function that dictates the meaning in the end.
>
> In Num 31.48, הפקדים is ‘the appointees’ (ie. those appointed). No major
> drama that I can see there.
>
> In Num 31.49, the phrase has the sense of ‘no man undealt with’. Again, no
> major problem that I can see.
>
>
> GEORGE ATHAS
> Moore Theological College (Sydney, Australia)
> www.moore.edu.au
>
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