Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Charles Grebe <cgrebe AT briercrest.ca>]

Thanks Donald.

I looked at BDB and found the three occurrences of למיום listed under the יום 
entry (top left of page 400) but I couldn't deduce any meaning that was 
distinct from מיום. It wasn't obvious to me from the context of the three 
verses how it would be different either.

Charles Grebe
Briercrest College and Seminary
Caronport, Sask, Canada

-----Original Message-----
From: Donald Vance [mailto:donaldrvance AT me.com] 
Sent: Friday, January 20, 2012 7:28 PM
To: K Randolph
Cc: Charles Grebe; b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] 2 Sam 7:6 prep L before meyom

Charles, what Karl is telling you here is garbled at best. Prepositions often 
combine to form new meanings. The context can also alter the meaning of a 
preposition or at least color it. Consider the following: "John went up to 
the store. John looked up to his father." Same combination, different verbs, 
different shades of meaning. The individual meaning of the prepositions do 
not help much in deciphering the meaning. In your example למיום clearly means 
"since, from the day that." "For from" is non-English at best or a confusion 
of the prep "for" with the conj. "for" at worst. The lexica will give you 
much help in deciphering combinations of prepositions.



Donald R. Vance, Ph.D.
Professor of Biblical Languages and Literature Oral Roberts University 
dvance AT oru.edu donaldrvance AT mac.com