Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>]

I am not interested in "Babylonian". I just like to fancy that elish is
אל-איש
I think we need to take all these "translations" with a grain
of salt as they may be no more than a figment of the imagination.

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On Sep 10, 2012, at 2:42 PM, Nir cohen - Prof. Mat. wrote:

> isaac,
>
> "just an ending": i should have said: an adverbial suffix. so,
> "elish" means "up"+adverbial suffix, i.e. "above". recall that
> we are discussing a babylonian text.
>
> nir cohen
>
> > > De: Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>
> Cópia: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Para: "Nir cohen - Prof. Mat." <nir AT ccet.ufrn.br>
> Data: Fri, 7 Sep 2012 17:35:42 -0400
> Assunto: Re: [b-hebrew] skies in plural?
> I am sorry, but there is no such thing as "just an ending".
>
> Isaac Fried, Boston University
>
> On Sep 7, 2012, at 4:12 PM, Nir cohen - Prof. Mat. wrote:
>
> > is just an ending
>
>
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