Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Yigal Levin <Yigal.Levin AT biu.ac.il>]

Correct. "Hamaqom" as a title or euphemism for God only appears in Rabbinic 
writings. However in the logic of the rabbis, when Jacob "hit the spot" (my 
translation :-) ), he actually "met" God. But this has nothing to do with the 
issue at hand.

Yigal Levin

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[mailto:b-hebrew-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of K Randolph
Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 5:40 AM
To: Christopher Kimball
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Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] maqom

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
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