(sansinnāyw; Song of Songs 7:9) and the Palpal Noun Pattern
The word (sansinnāyw; Song 7:9) is a hapax legomenon, and there is no scholarly consensus about its meaning. It has been variously identified as denoting the branches of a date palm, clusters of dates, or the blossoms or the fruit of a date palm. The word sansinnāyw belongs to the class of noun patt...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2014
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Journal of Biblical literature
Year: 2014, Volume: 133, Issue: 4, Pages: 751-756 |
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| Summary: | The word (sansinnāyw; Song 7:9) is a hapax legomenon, and there is no scholarly consensus about its meaning. It has been variously identified as denoting the branches of a date palm, clusters of dates, or the blossoms or the fruit of a date palm. The word sansinnāyw belongs to the class of noun pattern termed palpal (). This article maintains that some of the words of the palpal noun pattern share a common semantic characteristic. This characteristic enables one to determine the precise meaning of the word a fruit-laden cluster of dates. |
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| ISSN: | 1934-3876 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of Biblical literature
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1353/jbl.2014.0058 |
