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Re: [b-hebrew] Psalm 23.4 --- The Biblical expression _Shadow of Death_

From: Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>
To: "Ishnian" <ishinan AT comcast.net>
Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Psalm 23.4 --- The Biblical expression _Shadow of Death_
Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2013 22:14:07 -0500

It all results from the decision (or whim) of the anonymous NAQDANIYM, the punctuators of the Hebrew bible, to place a segol under the letter waw of צלמות so as to make it sound CALMAWET, being possibly motivated by the GEY HA-HAREG-AH and GEY BEN-HINOM of Jer. 7:32. But it could have been CALMUT or CALMOT, both having nothing to do, not with צל CEL, 'shadow', and not with מות MAWET, 'death'.

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On Feb 18, 2013, at 9:26 PM, Ishnian wrote:

he Biblical _expression_ _Shadow of Death_ found in Psalm 23

[b-hebrew] Psalm 23.4 --- The Biblical expression _Shadow of Death_, Ishnian, 02/18/2013
- Re: [b-hebrew] Psalm 23.4 --- The Biblical expression _Shadow of Death_, Isaac Fried, 02/18/2013
- Re: [b-hebrew] Psalm 23.4 --- The Biblical expression _Shadow of Death_, Barry, 02/18/2013
  - Re: [b-hebrew] Psalm 23.4 --- The Biblical expression _Shadow of Death_, Isaac Fried, 02/18/2013
  - Re: [b-hebrew] Psalm 23.4 --- The Biblical expression _Shadow ofDeath_, Rev. Bryant J. Williams III, 02/18/2013
- Re: [b-hebrew] Psalm 23.4 --- The Biblical expression _Shadow of Death_, Rev. Bryant J. Williams III, 02/18/2013