To: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: BETHULAH - virgin
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 21:28:51 -0500
At 10:39 AM 1/30/01 +1100, George Athas wrote:
David, I understand your point and agree with it to a large extent.
However, I think you
will find the contextual usage of BETULAH and BETULIM bring out the
distinction I
mentioned.
A betulah has betulim. There is no case where betulim is used where it is
not as an indication that a girl is a betulah.