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  • From: K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>
  • To: Paul Zellmer <pzellmer AT sc.rr.com>
  • Cc: Hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Jerusalem (was nifty)
  • Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2010 17:14:28 -0800

Paul and Fred:

Fred has been corrected on the issue that there is not a one to one
correspondence between Hebrew and English terms, yet he persists in this
error. Does that indicate that Fred has more of an agenda rather than asking
questions for clarification?

Karl W. Randolph.

On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 9:44 PM, Paul Zellmer <pzellmer AT sc.rr.com> wrote:

> No, Fred, there is a common root meaning. It is just not easily expressed
> in English as a single word. In other words, there is no one-to-one
> correspondence between the Hebrew and English.
>
> Two suggestions were given when this was discussed before. Check your
> archives.
>
> The word is neither elusive nor are the meanings incapable of being bound
> together.
>
> Oh, and just out of curiosity, what is the "plain root meaning" of קדש?
> You might want to check that your English word does indeed match the entire
> range of the Hebrew concept.
>
> Paul Zellmer
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: b-hebrew-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:
> b-hebrew-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of fred burlingame
> Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2010 11:29 PM
> To: Randall Buth
> Cc: Hebrew
> Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Jerusalem (was nifty)
>
> קדש represents a nice word to interpret, with a plain root meaning to set
> apart. And the applied meanings to set apart for bad or good come naturally.
>
> That elusive פקד word we discussed earlier contains no such easy common
> root
> meaning to bind all of the varied applied usages together.
>
>
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