To: "Yigal Levin" <leviny1 AT mail.biu.ac.il>, "b-hebrew" <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Cc:
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Ps. 104:12 - (P)YM
Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 08:48:52 +1000
> > 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.
> >
> > Yours,
> > Harold Holmyard
> >
> You're right. Later Hebrew has (ophot, but not the Bible.
>
> So (oph)aiym, "branches" is Aramaic. What does that say (if anything)
> about the origin and date of Ps. 104?
>
> Yigal
Regarding the date, it has often been noted that Psalm 104 and the Hymn
of Aten show striking correspondences. They may date to the same period
(18th dynasty Egypt).