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Help with idiom - Rob Vanhoff - 09-08-2003
Shlama Akhay,
Can anyone shed some light on the Aramaic idiom [font=Estrangelo (V1.1)]0xwr Qpn [/font]and variants such as [font=Estrangelo (V1.1)]Xwrb Qpm [/font] :?: It seems to mean something like 'to excuse' (cf. Compendious), but I'd like to understand it more literally - 'to bring forth breath'?
Thanks in advance,
Rob
- Paul Younan - 09-09-2003
Shlama Akhi,
See: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.peshitta.org/forums/forumid6/380.html">http://www.peshitta.org/forums/forumid6/380.html</a><!-- m -->
..where this idiom is used by Meshikha himself. (the [font=Estrangelo (V1.1)]Qpn [/font]root is in the imperfect inflection here.)
- Rob Vanhoff - 09-09-2003
Thanks, Akhi Paul.
Nice verses (Luke 12:11-12)!
So, [font=Estrangelo (V1.1)]0xwr Nwqpt [/font]in this instance is a 2nd person plural imperfect Aphel, correct? 'cause (your) breath to go out'?
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