As for “first year lies” (a phrase I to which I was introduced on this list,
I don’t remember who taught it to me), I was taught that Hebrew followed
certain grammar, syntax and spelling rules, and all the examples in the text
books followed those rules. Later, when I started reading Tanakh for myself,
cover to cover, I was in for a shock—those rules were often violated. I had
to learn a new set of rules to fit the data before my eyes.
My criticism in this particular example (not by any means for anything with
which I disagree) was that you seem to insist that Hebrew follow those rules
as taught in first year class, rather than how the language is actually used
in Tanakh.
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