Hello Isaac:
Your analysis of חיל meanings sounds reasonable to me.
But the $64.00 question continues. When you read these two verses (numbers 31:9,14) in hebrew and then in english translation, does the substance appear different to you?
It comes across different to me, with the hebrew having a more varied or complex meaning than the english.
regards,
fred burlingame
Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 5:38 PM, Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu> wrote:
It appears to me that חיל is from the root חל, which is a member of the root family
גל, הל, חל, כל, קל
essentially meaning 'include, amass, accumulate, garner'. Notice the related word XEL of Isaiah 26:1.
Isaac Fried, Boston University
On Nov 2, 2010, at 6:03 PM, fred burlingame wrote:
The meanings of "hayil" are related
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