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[b-hebrew] the act עוה AWAH

From: Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>
To: "Nir cohen - Prof. Mat." <nir AT ccet.ufrn.br>
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Subject: [b-hebrew] the act עוה AWAH
Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2012 15:52:54 -0400

Appears to me that עוה AWAH is 'bend, deviate'. It is a variant of עבה ABAH, 'thicken' ––– what is bent is thick, or humped, and what is straight is thin. AWAH is like the עות AWAT of Ps. 146:9, translated by KJV as turneth upside down. Today we use עויה AWAYAH for 'grimace', and עוית AWIYT for 'convulsion'. M-U-WAT מעוות is 'distorted'.

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On Oct 7, 2012, at 3:12 PM, Nir cohen - Prof. Mat. wrote:

nor can i see how (WN can be translated as "perversion"

[b-hebrew] The Iniquity of the Amorite?, Nir cohen - Prof. Mat., 10/05/2012
- Re: [b-hebrew] The Iniquity of the Amorite?, K Randolph, 10/05/2012
  - Re: [b-hebrew] The Iniquity of the Amorite?, jimstinehart, 10/06/2012
  - Re: [b-hebrew] The Iniquity of the Amorite?, Nir cohen - Prof. Mat., 10/07/2012
    - [b-hebrew] the act עוה AWAH, Isaac Fried, 10/07/2012
      - Re: [b-hebrew] the act עוה AW AH, Nir cohen - Prof. Mat., 10/07/2012
    - Re: [b-hebrew] The Iniquity of the Amorite?, K Randolph, 10/08/2012
- Re: [b-hebrew] The Iniquity of the Amorite?, jimstinehart, 10/06/2012