fascinating!The Turkana call their wadi "LAGA" , reversal of the liquid and guttural with dropped nasal.hmmJonathanOn Jun 23, 2013, at 9:33 PM, Isaac Fried wrote:Is נחל NAXAL in verse 4 the river Nile?Isaac Fried, Boston UniversityOn Jun 23, 2013, at 7:45 PM, Jonathan Mohler wrote:Well, at first reading of the verse, my mind goes to volcanic activity. Are you suggesting the rift valley?Jonathan MohlerOn Jun 23, 2013, at 2:19 PM, Isaac Fried wrote:How do you understand Job 28:5?כי יש לכסף מוצא ומקום לזהב יזקוברזל מעפר יקח ואבן יצוק נחושהקץ שם לחשך ולכל תכלית הוא חוקר אבן אפל וצלמותפרץ נחל מעם גר הנשכחים מני רגל דלו מאנוש נעוארץ ממנה יצא-לחם ותחתיה נהפך כמו אשמקום-ספיר אבניה ועפרת זהב לונתיב, לא ידעו עיט ולא שזפתו עין איהלא הדריכוהו בני שחץ לא עדה עליו שחלבחלמיש שלח ידו הפך משרש הריםבצורות יארים בקע וכל יקר ראתה עינומבכי נהרות חבש ותעלמה יצא אור
Isaac Fried, Boston University
On Jun 23, 2013, at 1:49 PM, Jonathan Mohler wrote:Thanks Isaac,
Do you mean other hints besides these I have mentioned?Jonathan MohlerOn Jun 23, 2013, at 10:17 AM, Isaac Fried wrote:I see hints in the story of Job that it takes place in East Africa, lending support to the termite theory (kudos to the other math professor.)Isaac Fried, Boston UniversityOn Jun 23, 2013, at 12:01 AM, Jonathan Mohler wrote:To me the circumstantial evidence is overwhelmingly in favor of a termite.1)in v.19 the subject is a Mud House:-anyone one who has live around mud houses knows that termites devour the inside wood of the structure inside about three years.2)in v.20 "Between morning and evening they are broken in pieces" and- mud houses often collapse in the middle of the night on unsuspecting victims. a common occurrence even today.- v.21 "Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them" parallels the imagery of a collapsing mud house.3) the termites' bite is like fire, thus the probable origin of the name.Jonathan Mohler_______________________________________________b-hebrew mailing list
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