Biblical Hebrew Forum

[K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>]

Chris:

Could you please tell me where in Biblical Hebrew that is found? Every
example of the word that I found it means merely “the place”.

Karl W. Randolph.

On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 6:05 PM, Christopher Kimball
<transcriber AT tanach.us>wrote:

>
> Also HaMaqom is a euphemism for the deity.  It's hard to picture nomads
> as characterizing their deity as "the major city".  The Tower of Babel
> story expresses their feelings about big cities.
>
> Chris Kimball
> West Redding, CT
> USA