The Meanings of 'Life' in the Hebrew of Ben Sira
Updated by:
Oren Ableman
Research notes:
Reader Checked
OA 04/12/2013
Reference type:
Journal Article
year:
2013
Full title:
The Meanings of 'Life' in the Hebrew of Ben Sira
Journal / Book Title || Series Title:
Journal of Biblical Literature
Volume:
132
Issue / Series Volume:
2
Abbreviated Series Name:
JBL
Pages:
327-332
Abstract:
The present note offers further examples where the Hebrew word םײח seems to indicate "maintenance," "livelihood," "manner of living," and "what sustains life." Many dictionaries list this definition of the word, but they usually cite just one passage in which the word has this meaning. The additional examples I provide derive mainly from the Wisdom of Ben Sira and suggest that this nuance to the word was common at least at the time when Ben Sira's work was composed, ca. 180 B.C.E.
URL:
http://jbl.metapress.com/content/h4l375j8l42377m3/?p=83e6536002b44810882e0ee9d9ed8d53&pi=6
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/journal_of_biblical_literature/v132/132.2.reymond.html
Label:
29/07/2013
Record number:
19 327