It all results from the decision (or whim) of the anonymous
NAQDANIYM, the punctuators of the Hebrew bible, to place a segol
under the letter waw of צלמות so as to make it sound CALMAWET,
being possibly motivated by the GEY HA-HAREG-AH and GEY BEN-HINOM of
Jer. 7:32. But it could have been CALMUT or CALMOT, both having
nothing to do, not with צל CEL, 'shadow', and not with מות MAWET,
'death'.
Isaac Fried, Boston University
On Feb 18, 2013, at 9:26 PM, Ishnian wrote:
he Biblical expression _Shadow of Death_ found in Psalm 23
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