Re: Poem for the day
| From: | Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, September 11, 2002, 19:48 |
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On Wed, 11 Sep 2002 12:46:43 -0400 John Cowan <jcowan@...>
writes:
> Steg Belsky scripsit:
> > Venatan lo shilton `al peney ha'aretz--
> > (and-(he)gave him rulership on surface/face(of) the-earth)
> > |shilton| may be a post-Biblical word, i'm not sure.
> What word is used in Gen. 1:26?
> --
> John Cowan
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It's a verb, |veyirdu| [v@jirdu:], "(and) they will rule", from the root
|RDH|. The same verb, in the imperative form |uredu| [ur@Du:], "and
rule" is found two verses later.
-Stephen (Steg)
"there is darkness all around us;
but if darkness *is*, and the darkness is of the forest,
then the darkness must be good."
~ song of the BaMbuti in troubled times