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  • From: K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>
  • To: Yigal Levin <Yigal.Levin AT biu.ac.il>
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Job 38:8 ??
  • Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2012 11:26:32 -0800

Yigal:

That was a dialectal use of Samekh in the place of a Sin.

Karl W. Randolph.

On Mon, Dec 3, 2012 at 8:00 PM, Yigal Levin <Yigal.Levin AT biu.ac.il> wrote:
And of course the fact that confusing shin and sin was considered a distinctive feature of the Ephraimites means that other people did distinguish between them. At least this is what would have been "normal" to the intended audience of Judges, whenever it was written.


Yigal Levin



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