To: Jamiejohns AT aol.com, Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.metalab.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: (no subject)
Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 09:27:08 -0400
At 02:19 AM 8/24/2002 EDT, Jamiejohns AT aol.com wrote:
>In the context of Psalm 16, how would you read "El" in Psalm 16, verse 1
>other than as a proper name for YHWH? Thank you. BTW, I did not think that
>"Adonai" in verse 2 was used necessarily as a proper name. However, I do
>think that in the context of Psalm 16, "El" is to be read as a proper name
in
>verse 1.
>
I'm not sure. As I wrote, I think reading El in vs. 1 either as a proper
name or as a generic noun could be correct.