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  • From: Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>
  • To: fred burlingame <tensorpath AT gmail.com>
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org, "Nir cohen - Prof. Mat." <nir AT ccet.ufrn.br>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] qatal-wayiqtol
  • Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2011 00:18:30 -0500

"Understand" (funny, this word under-stand) is a fickle thing, and may well be self delusion. Even the greatest experts have doubts as to what this prophet of prophets, this grandest master of the Hebrew language, often means.

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On Feb 5, 2011, at 10:06 PM, fred burlingame wrote:

Four days later however, during the reading of the scroll of isaiah in the synagogue service, the same vegetable seller may well have experienced difficulty understanding some of that language spoken (not the content, but the language itself). I speak english, but i encounter difficulty understanding the irish dialect of english spoken? ... Is that a fair comparison?






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