----- Original Message ----- From: "George F. Somsel" <gfsomsel AT juno.com>
To: <leviny1 AT mail.biu.ac.il>
Cc: <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Sunday, June 20, 2004 7:27 AM
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Ps. 104:12 - (P)YM
On Sun, 20 Jun 2004 07:59:19 +0200 "Yigal Levin" <leviny1 AT mail.biu.ac.il>
writes:
Happy Tammuz to y'all,
(P)YM - 'pha'im - in Ps. 104:12, is usually translated "branches". While this seems to fit the context, the word looks to me more like a plural of (oph, "bird". Any comments?
Yigal
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With a third radical aleph? I think the writer was playing with words
here
(oWP // (f:Pf)YIM
gfsomsel
Agreed. But what does the word mean?
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