Biblical Hebrew Forum

[K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>]

Nir:

On Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 10:10 AM, Nir cohen - Prof. Mat.
<nir AT ccet.ufrn.br>wrote:

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> but YO$EV still means to sit. maybe it means to sit in the tent
> instead of going out (the "pshat"), maybe it means to sit in the
> community/larger family ("drash").
>
> The meaning of the verb is to settle down, both in the sense of sitting
down as you mention above, but also in the sense of settling down in making
a dwelling, settlement. So the concept related here is of Jacob settling
(i.e. dwelling) in tents.

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> nir cohen
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> Karl W. Randolph.