Isaac Fried then wrote:
In Gen. 3:7 PAQAX is used to the parting ofthe eyelids to expose the pupil (indeed, in the
extended sense of understanding what one
sees), while in 1Ki 8:29 the verb PATAX is used
for it. In Dt. 15:8 PATAX is used for the parting of the fingers of the hand.
In addition, I can't understand why anyone would
choose to interpret PAQAX in Genesis 3:7
circuitously as "parting of the eyelids to expose
the pupil" when the verb can be and, thus, has
been ubiquitously interpreted as an obvious
reference to opening the eyes. The former
interpretation thus obfuscates the fact that
parting and separating are nothing but forms of
opening, Hence the phrase "spreading the legs" is
tantamount to the phrase "opening the legs up".
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