... A clear example is Jer 10:11, but there are more:This verse is in Aramaic, so its relevance in this discussion is very
Judges 5:26 has mxch followed by mxqh.
1 Kings 6:34 has cl(ym followed by ql(ym.
Isaiah 28:10 and 28:13 have cw lcw followed by qw lqw.
And we have Jer 10:11, of course.
The people are content with following a command, i.e. outward practice
... the only other occurence
of this word in the Bible, Hosea 5:11, where the meaning of a "false but
bright light" may fit the statement which follows about God recriprocating
by being like a "moth" to Israel. That is, Israel was like a moth in
following the false bright light, so God is going to be a moth to Israel
in return.
That is, the preexilic Hebrew speakers recognized at least two differentSade,
Yitzhak Sapir
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