Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Jerry Shepherd <jshepherd53 AT gmail.com>]

Jerry: "No, what I am arguing is that the word "strike" meaning miss was a development from the idea of "striking"at the ball and attempting to hit it."

 

Karl: "This is what I originally speculated, and at the time my understanding was that you rejected this idea."

 

Jerry: No, Karl.  Your memory is faulty here.  I always argued that by a series of steps, "strike," meaning to hit, came to mean to miss.  So strike means to hit the ball and foul it off.  Strike means to swing and miss.  And strike means to stand there and watch the ball and the ump calls it a strike, when you haven't even swung or attempted to hit it.  I never argued anything differently.

 

Blessings,

 

Jerry

Jerry Shepherd

Taylor Seminary

Edmonton, Alberta

jshepherd53 AT gmail.com