Biblical Hebrew Forum

[George Athas <George.Athas AT moore.edu.au>]

Yes, Karl, I know you did. But you're engaging in extra-contextual analysis 
there, by appealing to the use of the phrase in another context to determine 
the meaning in the given context.


GEORGE ATHAS
Dean of Research,
Moore Theological College (moore.edu.au)
Sydney, Australia


From: K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com<mailto:kwrandolph AT gmail.com>>
Date: Tuesday, 11 September 2012 5:37 AM
To: George Athas <george.athas AT moore.edu.au<mailto:george.athas AT moore.edu.au>>
Cc: B-Hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org<mailto:b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>>
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] skies in plural?

George:

I have already pointed out that the phrase על פני has a wider semantic range 
than just “upon the surface of”, rather its contexts show it being used even 
in the sense of “among” making the birds fly “within”. I’d have to go back to 
see in which message that was.

Karl W. Randolph.