Biblical Hebrew Forum

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

Isaac, why do you say that the Bible lacks illustrations? What about this one? http://catholic-resources.org/Dore/Images/OT-021-med.jpg Isn't it part of the MT?

 

Yigal Levin

 

From: b-hebrew-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:b-hebrew-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Isaac Fried
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Subject: [b-hebrew] The root סלם SLM

 

It is the variant of

 

סלם, צלם, שלם, תלם

 

SLM, CLM, $LM, TLM, 'tall and massive'.

 

From this root are the words SULAM, 'ladder?', CELEM, 'form, body', $ALOM, 'wholesomeness, soundness', and TELEM, 'ridge, farrow'. See Ps. 65:11(10).

 

All we may say about SULAM is that it is a lofty and massive structure or contraption (ladder, staircase, ramp, basket elevator ––– the bible unfortunately lacks illustrations) by which to convey vertically.

 

Isaac Fried, Boston University

 

On Nov 26, 2012, at 10:22 AM, JimStinehart AT aol.com wrote:

The Hebrew word SLM