Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Yigal Levin <Yigal.Levin AT biu.ac.il>]

Mike,

 

While answering your questions will not "hurt" anyone, please remember that they are very different from the type of discussion most people on this list are accustomed to. So don't be surprised if no-one replies, and don't over-do it.

 

Yigal Levin

 

Co-moderator, B-Hebrew

 

From: b-hebrew-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:b-hebrew-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Mike Burke
Sent: Friday, April 26, 2013 4:44 PM
To: K Randolph
Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] לבדים

 

>>>>why the numerical value of 86? Why connected with those meanings?<<<<

The answers to those questions are personal, painful, and have to do with a death in the family.

>>>>Nope.<<<<

 Does  anyone else know of a word with the numerical value of 86 that can mean "from," "out of," or "apart from"?

Whether or not you believe in gematria, and whatever you think of my interest in it, it seems like a simple question (and I don't see how answering it could hurt any one.

Thank you.

Michael Gerard Burke

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From: K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>
To: Mike Burke <michaelgburk AT yahoo.com>
Cc: "b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org" <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Friday, April 26, 2013 8:53 AM
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] לבדים

 

Mike:

 

On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 12:25 PM, Mike Burke <michaelgburk AT yahoo.com> wrote:

>>>>In the future, could you please give the context that generates these questions?<<<<

 

I'm interested in word puzzles and gematria, and I'm looking for any Hebrew word, with the numerical value of 86, that can mean "from," "away from," "out of," or "apart from" (in any context.)

I think that just figuring out the language itself is already quite a word puzzle.

 

As for gematria, I don’t believe in it, so don’t follow it. But why the numerical value of 86? Why connected with those meanings?

I considered בעדי as a possibility because Strong's lexicon gives "away from" as one of the possible meanings, and I considered לבדים because Strong gives "apart from" as a possible meaning.

 

Strong was not a Hebrew scholar, so his lexicon is not considered authoritative among those who are Hebrew scholars. As examples, he was wrong on both the terms you tried above.

>>>>There might be some other question that you overlook that clears up the question that you ask.<<<<

Do you know of a word with the numerical value of 86 that can mean "from," "out of," or "apart from"?

 

Nope. 

 

Michael Gerard Burke

 

Karl W. Randolph. 

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