... By allowing for the "stronger" use of WAW in Leviticus 20:17 preceding the NKRTW a reading of the verse will not force us into a unique meaning for XSD rather the XSD HW) WNKRTW L(YNY BNY (MM is the complete phrase.
XSD is another lexeme in Hebrew with no equivelant in English. And just as I told Harold Holmyard concerning X+)T having a broader "secular" meaning than its most common theological application, so we should not leave out the possibility that XSD also has a broader "secular" meaning than found in its theological uses. And in its "secular" uses could have somewhat a negative flavor while still preserving its basic meaning of "undeserved good favor".
As for lexemes having diverse meanings, while I don't rule that out, after studying a few foreign languages I have found that lexemes having diverse meanings are quite rare. ...
... That is not the same as recognizing that a lexeme may have such a broad meaning that it can be translated by several lexemes in another language, nor is it a claim that all lexemes have narrowly defined boundaries in meaning, rather a recognition that it is rare for a lexeme to have both one meaning and its near opposite, or even a completely unrelated one. ...
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