Re: Biblical Hebrew

On 18 August, bnathyuw wrote:

> --- Dan Sulani <dnsulani@...> wrote:
> >
> >  " ... my bowels yearn for him..."
> >
>
> sorry to lower the tone, but this could really be
> misinterpreted . . . ? !
>
    Actually, I was deliberately trying to keep the translation
at a higher level. If I had translated the verse more closely,
I would have had to say "my bowels _move_ for him".
This usage is similar to the English for being emotionally
affected by something: "it moved me", "I was moved by
the story", "it was a very moving situation", etc.
("it was a moving movie about movers"?    ;-)   )
People can interpret it as they will, but that happens to be
the metaphor which is employed.

Dan Sulani
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likehsna rtem zuv tikuhnuh auag inuvuz vaka'a

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