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  • From: "Joel C. Salomon" <joelcsalomon AT gmail.com>
  • To: Biblical Hebrew list <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] "Impaled"/TLH
  • Date: Wed, 05 Aug 2009 15:59:04 -0400

JimStinehart AT aol.com wrote:
> Pharaoh has one of his top two Egyptian officers “impaled”/TLH (or hanged)
> at Genesis 40: 22.

My guess would be that TLH is closer to “crucified” or “gibbeted” than
“hanged” (by the neck) or “impaled”. Note also that the Torah mandates
the hanging (TLH) of the body after some executions.

—Joel Salomon




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