| Is it possible that אַפְסֵי אָֽרֶץ is more specifically 'the high mountains, the apex of the earth'? I would compare the root אפס APS to the root אבס ABS, of which we have אבוּס ABUS, 'fattened, made plump, swelled', as in Prov. 15:17 and 1Ki 5:3. Today we use EPES for 'zero', but this is merely an example for language using the positive (a thing) to express the, otherwise difficult to express, negative (nothing = no–thing), as the הוֹי מַגִּיעֵי בַיִת בְּבַיִת שָׂדֶה בְשָׂדֶה יַקְרִיבוּ עַד אֶפֶס מָקוֹם KJV: "Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place" of Is. 5:8, where אֶפֶס מָקוֹם (namely, אֶבֶס מָקוֹם ) is at once 'no place', and 'a full place with no space left free'. Isaac Fried, Boston University On Aug 14, 2013, at 6:11 PM, Dave Washburn wrote
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