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---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2005 16:07:25 -0500 From: Rebecca Landau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Hebrew Question Hi all, I received the following request from a friend of mine in Saskatchewan. If anyone can answer I would appreciate if you could reply either directly to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; or you can reply to me to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and I will forward the answer on. (My old e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] is still working but in the process of being changed. So best to use [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks Rebecca I'm researching 1 Samuel 16, and have a Hebrew question. v. 6-8 have Samuel ready to pick Eliab as the new King but God tells him not to be distracted by physical appearances for "the Lord does not see as mortals see...but looks on the heart." But in v. 12, Samuel finally meets David and finds that he "has beautiful eyes, and was handsome." Is there a nuance to the word for "handsome" in v. 12 that I need to know? On a literal take it seems like the story ends with God telling Samuel, "OK, here is someone with a physical appearance that I'll let you get distracted by." And as a further aside, do you have a Hebrew font for Windows? Rebecca Landau, Library Director Yeadon Public Library 809 Longacre Blvd, Yeadon, PA 19050 610-623-4090 Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the AJL =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
