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[Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>]

We can have still more fun: DAGUL of Song of Songs 5:10 is actually
DAG UL, 'top fish'.

Notice also how near כנדגלות KA-NI-DGAL-OT is to  
כנשגלות  KA-NI-$GAL-OT.
But this is no fun, rather the magic of Hebrew.

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On Jan 1, 2013, at 6:29 PM, kenneth greifer wrote:

> The Jewish Publication Society 1917 Holy Scriptures translates Song  
> of Songs 6:4 and 10 as "...terrible as an army with banners (kaf  
> nun dalet gimel lamed vav tav)."
>
> Other translations also say "banners".
>
> Here is a wild guess for fun: maybe it could say "...frightening  
> like (kaf)a wandering (nun dalet) of exile (gimel lamed vav tav)."
>
> Kenneth Greifer
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