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  • From: fred burlingame <tensorpath AT gmail.com>
  • To: K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] one-to-one rendering of olam
  • Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2010 17:40:01 -0600

Hello Karl:

Well if you don't like hiphil, and you don't like translations, how about
the noun form of the verb?

מבכי נהרות חבש ותעלמה יצא אור

איוב יא

It sure looks like "hidden" meaning to me. ....

regards,

fred burlingame

On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 4:03 PM, K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com> wrote:

> Fred:
>
> On 12/11/10, fred burlingame <tensorpath AT gmail.com> wrote:
> > I am simply saying עולם in the biblical hebrew language means
> "concealed,"
> > or "hidden" or "unknown" ... no more ... no less.
> >
> WRONG! And I am not going to repeat an earlier discussion that went
> into depth on this question.
>
> That it sometimes can be so translated when dealing with the hiphil
> causative use is translation, not meaning in Hebrew. Please stop
> referring to translations.
>
> > regards,
> >
> > fred burlingame
>
> Karl W. Randolph.
>




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