Biblical Hebrew Forum

[K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>]

Fred:

On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 5:00 PM, fred burlingame <tensorpath AT gmail.com>wrote:

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> There must be some straightforward meaning attached to the hebrew word עולם
> ; just as a simple meaning attaches to דג and עץ . ?
>

There is. But not a straightforward translation into English, because
English does not have that idea.

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> What is the meaning of olam in biblical hebrew?
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I have already given it, do you want me to repeat myself? That would just be
a copy and paste, so you already have it.

Karl W. Randolph.

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> regards,
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> fred burlingame
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> On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 5:04 PM, K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Fred:
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>>  On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 2:42 PM, fred burlingame 
>> <tensorpath AT gmail.com>wrote:
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>>> Hello Karl:
>>>
>>> Thanks for your comments.
>>>
>>> Can you point to a specific example in the masoretic text of עולם meaning
>>> infinite action, eternal action ... versus finite and/or temporal action?
>>>
>>
>> Again you focus on the form, not the action. The question is not whether
>> or not it is infinite or finite, but whether or not it deals with that 
>> which
>> is unknown. In this case, both the finite and the infinite are unknown at
>> the referent time.
>>
>>>
>>> regards,
>>>
>>> fred burlingame
>>>
>>> Karl W. Randolph.
>>
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