Jim Stinehart: Jim, your theory is well articulated now. The idea is intriguing. Just one comment about (BD. There is nothing in the word itself to convey the full notion of "serving God forever." Only the immediate context can tell us what the meaning of (BD is. So you could build a case of "external entailment" within the context of your theory. That is, if you are correct about Mitanni, you could then consider that the use of (BD "entails" the idea expressed in other passages, that it is "to serve forever." But the word itself cannot bear the wait of the argument, nor can it be one of the argument's premises.
Blessings Jonathan E Mohler _______________________________________________ b-hebrew mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew
