From: "JP vd Giessen (FOL)" <janpieter AT giessen.fol.nl>
To: Dave Washburn <dwashbur AT nyx.net>, b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] midwives
Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2005 20:35:44 +0100
Hallo Dave,
I remembered reading one of the names on a Theban Slave List (=Execration
Texts?), but I couldn't find it again.
Jan Pieter van de Giessen
On Mon, 31 Oct 2005 20:50:48 -0700, Dave Washburn wrote
>
> ISTM that the point would be that they feared God more than they
> feared the Pharaoh and his punishment. As for ha`ib:riy.owt being
> the absolute in a construct chain, the pointing of lam:yal.:dot
> suggests otherwise, since the patah under the lamed seems to
> indicate the definite article. Of course, as we're often reminded,
> there's nothing sacred about the pointing. Still, it gives us an
> idea as to how those who did the pointing understood the phrase.
>
> Do we know anything about the names Shiphrah and Pu`ah? They sure
> look Hebrew.
>
> --
> Dave Washburn
>http://www.nyx.net/~dwashbur
> "Maybe I'll trade it for a new hat."
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