From: "Harold R. Holmyard III" <hholmyard AT ont.com>
To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Yom in Biblical and Rabbinic Texts
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 12:44:31 -0500
Dear James,
Yeah, sorry. I was referring to the explicit numbers of
weeks as opposed to days. But the point is still the same.
It's not the same point at all. The word "week" is based on the
number "seven." The Hebrew word is a form of the number "seven."
It's not surprising that it can designate a seven of days or years.
But YWM is not a numerical word. It is not based on the number one.
It means day.
Yours,
Harold Holmyard
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