Biblical Hebrew Forum

[K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>]

Dear Donald:

(Palm to head) You’re so right. I even have that listed in my dictionary, and I didn’t look it up.

This section is very poetic with very picturesque language, hard to read.

Karl W. Randolph.

On Mon, Dec 3, 2012 at 11:28 AM, Donald Vance <donaldrvance AT me.com> wrote:

The root of יסך is סכך, not נסך. "And he shut in [the] sea (Yam?) with doors..."

Donald R. Vance, Ph.D.

Professor of Biblical Languages and Literature

Oral Roberts University

dvance AT oru.edu

donaldrvance AT mac.com

On Dec 3, 2012, at 1:08 PM, K Randolph wrote:

Dear All:

 ויסך בדלתים ים בגיחו מרחם יצא

and (the) sea was poured out in doors, (the) one who exits in his bursting forth from the womb

The first part doesn’t seem to make much sense, what am I reading wrong and why?

Karl W. Randolph.