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: "Mark Markham" <markhamm AT topsurf.com>
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: "Biblical Hebrew" <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
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: 40 days/nights
Date
: Sat, 25 Sep 1999 00:15:13 +0200
What is the understanding of the number 40 as an idiom meaning a long time
in Biblical Hebrew. Is this understanding legit?
Should 40 days/nights be taken as lit. or as an idiom or both?
Thanks for you help.
Mark Markham
Heidelberg, Germany
40 days/nights
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Mark Markham, 09/24/1999
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Jim West, 09/24/1999
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Barry Davis, 09/25/1999
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peter_kirk, 09/26/1999
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Mark Markham, 09/26/1999
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George Athas, 09/26/1999
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Bryan Rocine, 09/26/1999
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peter_kirk, 09/27/1999
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Ian Hutchesson, 09/27/1999
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John Ronning, 09/27/1999
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Ian Hutchesson, 09/27/1999
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