From: "Harold R. Holmyard III" <hholmyard AT ont.com>
To: "b-hebrew" <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Ps. 104:12 - (P)YM
Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2004 13:39:26 -0500
Dear Yigal,
(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?
HH: I don't think that oph, "bird," has a plural, at least in the OT.
It is a collective word and already means "birds" in the singular.