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It all results from the decision (or whim) of the anonymous NAQDANIYM, the punctuators of the Hebrew bible, to place a segol under the letter waw of צלמות so as to make it sound CALMAWET, being possibly motivated by the GEY HA-HAREG-AH and GEY BEN-HINOM of Jer. 7:32. But it could have been CALMUT or CALMOT, both having nothing to do, not with צל CEL, 'shadow', and not with מות MAWET, 'death'. Isaac Fried, Boston University On Feb 18, 2013, at 9:26 PM, Ishnian wrote: he Biblical _expression_ _Shadow of Death_ found in Psalm 23 |
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