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Re: [b-hebrew] Hebrew Grammar and Moses? Attack on King Og of Bashan (last comment)

From: Jonathan Mohler <jonathan.mohler AT gmail.com>
To: JimStinehart AT aol.com
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Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Hebrew Grammar and Moses? Attack on King Og of Bashan (last comment)
Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2013 13:12:18 -0600

Jim Stinehart:

Jim, your theory is well articulated now. The idea is intriguing. Just one
comment about (BD. There is nothing in the word itself to convey the full
notion of "serving God forever." Only the immediate context can tell us what
the meaning of (BD is. So you could build a case of "external entailment"
within the context of your theory. That is, if you are correct about Mitanni,
you could then consider that the use of (BD "entails" the idea expressed in
other passages, that it is "to serve forever." But the word itself cannot
bear the wait of the argument, nor can it be one of the argument's premises.

Blessings
Jonathan E Mohler

Re: [b-hebrew] Hebrew Grammar and Moses? Attack on King Og of Bashan (last comment), Jonathan Mohler, 01/18/2013
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