To: Henry Churchyard <churchyh AT ccwf.cc.utexas.edu>
Cc: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: Jerusalem, neuter plural
Date: Sun, 05 Sep 1999 08:32:18 -0700
Somehow I don't think the man would live long who came unto the King and
shouted,
"Hey, Dude!"
Even if the "-ayim" ending for Jerusalem were "later" -- and who knows how
much
"later"--- it no doubt expressed a hope at some point that the city as a
Foundation of
Peace would be doubly blessed, or doubly expressive of that peace. That, at
least, is
one possible way of translating the term.
> > From ronning AT nis.za Sun Sep 5 05:14:34 1999
> > Subject: Re: Jerusalem, neuter plural
> > From: John Ronning <ronning AT nis.za>
> > Date: Fri, 03 Sep 1999 21:26:38 +0200
>
> > Doesn't the fact that it's spelled without the YOD 99+% of the time
> > (plus the LXX spelling plus the Aramaic spelling) show that in fact this
> > pronunciation is late and contrived?
>
> So does the fact that David is spelled without yodh consistently in
> the books of Samuel and Kings mean that his name was originally "Dude"? ;-)
>
> --
> Henry Churchyard churchyh AT ccwf.cc.utexas.edu http://www.crossmyt.com/hc/
>