Is it possible that אַפְסֵי אָֽרֶץ is more specifically
'the high mountains,
the apex of the earth'? I would compare the root אפס APS to the
root אבס ABS, of which we have אבוּס ABUS, 'fattened, made
plump,
swelled', as in Prov. 15:17 and 1Ki 5:3.
Today we use EPES for 'zero', but this is merely an example for language
using the positive (a thing) to express the, otherwise difficult to
express,
negative (nothing = no–thing), as the
הוֹי מַגִּיעֵי בַיִת בְּבַיִת
שָׂדֶה בְשָׂדֶה יַקְרִיבוּ עַד
אֶפֶס מָקוֹם
KJV: "Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field,
till there be no place"
of Is. 5:8, where אֶפֶס מָקוֹם (namely, אֶבֶס
מָקוֹם ) is at once 'no place',
and 'a full place with no space left free'.
Isaac Fried, Boston University
On Aug 14, 2013, at 6:11 PM, Dave Washburn wrote
I tend to think so. "From sea to sea, from the River to the ends of
the earth/land" appears to be a rather extensive way of saying
"everywhere."
My answers are free, and well worth it.
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