To: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: RE: Deut. 22:8 *yiphol nophel*
Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 21:13:22 +0200
Shalom!
r w ponder, jr. wrote:
>My own reading of Deut. 22:8 always has taken the participle *nophel* to
have a substantive
>meaning of its own -- something like, "one who is prone to falling."
See the Midrashic reading of this verse, as quoted by Rashi: "ki yippol
hannofel. This person deserves to fall, but even so, his death should not
come about on your account."